Devon Great Consols

aka Engine Shaft

Copper, Iron, Arsenic, and Tin Mine
Worked from 1848 to 1879

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot



Devon
Gunnislake
50.54131, -4.221719
SX 4267 7364
Private Land
106m
#9,657


Very little information exists about the North Ward Mine, including where it was located. It wasn’t until the ground sank around the mine shaft in 1957 that its position, approximately 500 feet west of North Ward farm, became known.


Publications (11)

  • (1920); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vols XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII - Fireclay; Arsenic & Antimony Ores; Refactory Materials, Lead & Zinc of Scotland, Rock-Salt and Brine (5 books); 777 pages
  • (1923); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXVII - Copper Ores of Devon and Cornwall; 92 pages
  • (1925); Devon Great Consols - Letter; 1 pages
  • (2006); BGS - Mineral Resource Development Maps & Plans - Devon - Report; 21 pages
  • Brown, Kenneth (1996); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 13-2 Win - Engine Houses in South-West England; 7 pages (123-129)
  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol2, The; 335 pages
  • Fellows, Roy; Cornwall Underground; 25 pages
  • Nance, Richard W.M. and Nance, R. Damian (1996); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 13-2 Win - Survey of Engine Houses on the Mines of South Devon, A; 14 pages (109-122)
  • Palmer, Marilyn and Neaverson, Peter (1992); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 11-5 Sum - Gazetteer of Tin and Lead Ore Dressing Sites in Great Britain; 3 pages (261-263)
  • Tucker, D.G. (1972); Fumes, Flues, Condensers, and Chimneys in Lead Smelting; 6 pages
  • Tucker, D.G.; Ind Hist: Industry in Cornwall; 9 pages





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