Tehidy, Wheal
Copper Mine
Worked from 1834 to 1862
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
| Cornwall | |
| Illogan | |
| 50.231593, -5.250206 | |
| SW 6830 4190 | |
| Private Land | |
| 94m | |
| #9,087 |
Engine drained Agar and Great South Tolgus. This mine operated on the western section of the Great South Tolgus Main lode, also known as the Fortune lode. The adit level followed the lode to the west and linked up with the adit level in Wheal Agar sett, where the lode is referred to as the North lode. Between 1853 and 1861, the mine extracted a total of 2,580 tons of copper ore, with an average grade of 8.5%.
1834-1842 1851-1862
Publications (1)
- Joseph Yelloly Watson (1843); Compendium of British Mining, with Statistical Notices… & Glossary; 97 pages
Tolskithy - 223m- Winston Shaft - 272m
Crembling Well Common - 282m- Engine Shaft - 340m
- Miners' Shaft - 354m
- Barncoose Mine - 357m
- Davies Shaft - 363m
- Dunn's Shaft - 423m
- Great South Tolgus - 455m
New Tolgus Shaft - 497m- Breeches, Wheal - 498m
- Paul's Shaft - 565m
- Fortune Deep Adit - 586m
- Grenifer Shaft - 593m
- Fortune, Wheal - 631m
- South Raven, Wheal - 632m
- East Shaft - 637m
South Tolgus, Wheal - 670m- Druid, Wheal - 703m
- Sykes' Shaft - 718m
- Paul, Wheal - 726m
- Druid's Engine Shaft - 733m
- Raven, Wheal - 769m
- Raven, Wheal - 824m
- Monument Shaft - 833m
- East Pool Mine - National Trust - 848m
Agar Shaft - 852m- West Tolgus - 859m
- Captain - 859m
Taylor's Shaft - 878m- Barker's Shaft - 886m
- East Tolgus - 892m
- Agar, Wheal - 897m
- Raven Shaft - 907m
- North Shaft - 913m
- Taylor's Shaft - 913m
- Tregajorran Mine - 920m
- North Pool - 944m
- New Shaft - 967m
- Richard's Shaft - 977m
Captain, Wheal - 1,002m- Caravan Shaft - 1,013m
- Sump Shaft - 1,035m
- Union Mine Co, Wheal - 1,045m
- Mitchell's Shaft - 1,062m
- Highburrow East Shaft - 1,077m
Old Metal Work - 1,080m- South Shaft - 1,098m
- Mitchell's Whim Engine - 1,113m
- Ballaratt Shaft - 1,117m
- Railway Shaft - 1,140m
Drainage Adit - 1,154m- Carn Brea Engine Shaft - 1,163m
- East Pool - 1,167m
- Adit Shaft - 1,208m
- Great Tolgus - 1,236m
- Redruth Consols - 1,250m
- Engine Shaft - 1,284m
Rock, Wheal - 1,289m
Silver, Wheal - 1,300m- Gilbert, Wheal - 1,340m
- Fanny, Wheal - 1,343m
- Incline Shaft - 1,370m
- James's Shaft - 1,374m
- New North Pool - 1,376m
- Highburrow Shaft - 1,378m
- New Shaft - 1,393m
- Fanny Shaft - 1,398m
- Goodspeed, Wheal - 1,399m
- Maude - 1,399m
- Eastern Adit - 1,456m
- East Carn Brea - 1,482m
- Penhellick Mine - 1,482m
- Palmer's Shaft - 1,482m
- Uny, Wheal - 1,483m
- Western Shaft - 1,483m
- Hardy - 1,533m
- Gooding's Shaft - 1,538m
- King's Shaft - 1,541m
- Pool Mine - 1,547m
- Montague, Wheal - 1,570m
- East Maud, Wheal - 1,580m
- East Seton - 1,614m
- King's Shaft - 1,616m
- Stile Shaft - 1,619m
- Tredinnick's Shaft - 1,627m
- Willoughby's Shaft - 1,627m
- Hind's Engine Shaft - 1,631m
- Martin's East Shaft - 1,652m
- Robinson's Shaft - 1,652m
- Mining Exchange - 1,655m
- Blight's Shaft - 1,691m
- South Crofty, Wheal - 1,704m
- Teague's Shaft - 1,709m
- Tincroft - 1,716m
- Whitfield, Wheal - 1,725m
Tolgus United - 1,739m- East Uny, Wheal - 1,741m
- North Frances, Wheal - 1,742m
- North Frances, Wheal - 1,742m
- Simcock's Shaft - 1,761m
- Old South (Carn Brea) Tincroft - 1,768m
- West Basset Stamps - 1,768m
- Sump Shaft - 1,790m
- Engine Shaft - 1,814m
- North Buller - 1,829m
- East Crofty - 1,834m
- Illogan Mine - 1,845m
- Old Tincroft Shaft - 1,860m
- Miners' Shaft - 1,881m
- Flatrod Shaft - 1,885m
- Tregay's Shaft - 1,887m
- Dudnance - 1,892m
- Elizabeth, Wheal - 1,902m
- Lyle's Shaft - 1,902m
Park an Skimmer - 1,904m- New Shaft - 1,906m
- An Drump, Wheal - 1,935m
- North Basset, Wheal - 1,940m
- Trevenson - 1,958m
- Bucketts, Wheal - 1,985m
- Nut Bottom Shaft - 1,993m
- Pednandrea - 1,996m