Hingston South

aka West Prince of Wales

Arsenic and Tin Mine
Worked from c1870

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot



Cornwall
Callington
50.513118, -4.274984
SX 3880 7062
Private Land
183m
#8,388


The mine, situated in the valley south of Sevenstones, exploited three roughly east-northeast-trending lodes. While historical accounts suggest that the lodes contained both tin and copper ores, evidence from dumps indicates the presence of only tin and tungsten ores, with no records of copper ores being extracted. One of the remaining traces of the mine is marked by an overgrown shaft dump in a field south of the A390 road. Production records show that between 1900, 1903, and 1905-1908, the mine yielded 9 tons of black tin and 3 tons of arsenic.






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