Briton, Wheal
Tin Mine
Worked from 1790s to 1830s
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Cornwall | |
Skinner Bottom | |
50.268895, -5.189728 | |
SW 7279 4586 | |
Private Land | |
120m | |
#7,749 |
Located east of Skinners Bottom barely leaves any evidence of its existence today. Its territory encompassed five lodes, extending in an ENE direction within a span of roughly 350 yards. Exploration covered a distance exceeding 1,000 yards within this zone, evident from surface disturbances due to mining activities. Although it’s believed that the mine extracted tin ore, there are no documented records of its production. According to A.K. Hamilton Jenkin, c1830s Wheal Briton operated in conjunction with Wheal Concord for a period under the collective name East Treskerby Mine.
1790s 1810-1830s
Publications (1)
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
East Treskerby - 173m
Concord, Wheal - 193m
Flatrod Shaft - 462m
Scorrier Consols - 476m
West Briton, Wheal - 498m
Jack's Shaft - 540m
Wright's Shaft - 549m
Trevethan Shaft - 634m
Gimp - 643m
Highburrow Shaft - 653m
Footway Shaft - 655m
Boscawen - 721m
North Busy, Wheal - 725m
George's Shaft - 752m
John Michael's Shaft - 761m
North Treskerby - 859m
Doctor's Shaft - 864m
East Downs - 1,002m
Tregullow Consols - 1,072m
Pininger's Shaft - 1,076m
East Truan - 1,094m
Victoria, Wheal - 1,151m
Previous, Wheal - 1,151m
Hallenbeagle - 1,226m
Read's Shaft - 1,244m
Truan Mine - 1,263m
Ann, Wheal - 1,323m
East Britain, Wheal - 1,389m
Rose, Wheal - 1,390m
Davey's Shaft - 1,401m
Carnhot - 1,427m
West Truan - 1,450m
East Chance, Wheal - 1,472m
Black Dog Shaft - 1,507m
Stencoose and Mawla - 1,520m
Buckingham's Shaft - 1,533m
Hawke, Wheal - 1,600m
Great Busy, Wheal - 1,611m
Owla, Wheal - 1,623m
Drainage Adit - 1,643m
East Ellen, Wheal - 1,674m
Killifreth - 1,708m
North Hallenbeagle - 1,722m
East Music, Wheal - 1,729m
Vreah, Wheal - 1,730m
Butcher's North Shaft - 1,753m
New Shaft - 1,769m
Richard's Shaft - 1,792m
Vor Shaft - 1,793m
Briggan, Wheal - 1,795m
Pendarves - 1,804m
Old Sump Shaft - 1,809m
Trewan North - 1,853m
Lemon's Shaft - 1,856m
Scorrier Wolfram - 1,873m
Street's Shaft - 1,876m
Great North Downs - 1,911m
Chance, Wheal - 1,927m
Widden, Wheal - 1,992m