Thunder, Wheal
aka Trevarrack Mine
Tin Mine
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Cornwall | |
Lelant | |
50.183855, -5.469734 | |
SW 5240 3730 | |
Private Land | |
117m | |
#9,093 |
Local name for Trevarrack. Small tin mine, situated northwest of Beersheba farm, had a shaft known as Brown’s Shaft, surrounded by granite debris, as noted by Dines. Additionally, an engine house was depicted nearby on the 1877 Ordnance Survey map, although both structures have since vanished. Today, only an overgrown burrow on the boundary between two fields marks the site. Unfortunately, there are no available records detailing the mine’s output.
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Publications (1)
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
Brown's Shaft - 92m
Mennor Stamps - 592m
Adelaide, Wheal - 608m
Trevarrack Stamps - 642m
Cupid, Wheal - 719m
Dawe's Shaft - 736m
Trink Stamps - 762m
Cubit - 790m
Mount Lane Mine - 921m
Hollow Shaft - 933m
Nance Valley - 996m
Beauty, Wheal - 1,001m
Trencrom Mine - 1,079m
Mitchell's Shaft - 1,254m
Higgs' Shaft - 1,288m
Speed, Wheal - 1,303m
Dunstan's Shaft - 1,309m
Little Speed - 1,328m
East Reeth, Wheal - 1,330m
Fox's Shaft - 1,347m
East Providence, Wheal - 1,391m
Comfort, Wheal - 1,413m
Fortune, Wheal - 1,430m
Field's Shaft - 1,430m
New Trencrom - 1,440m
Cherry, Wheal - 1,475m
Gunwin - 1,484m
Mount, Wheal - 1,485m
Nicholas, Wheal - 1,494m
Creamclose Shaft - 1,509m
Hawk's Shaft - 1,513m
Praed Consols - 1,522m
Praed's Shaft - 1,530m
Providence Tin Mines - 1,551m
Gain, Wheal - 1,558m
Brothers, Wheal - 1,576m
West Poldice Mine - 1,602m
East Merth, Wheal - 1,640m
Trelyon Downs - 1,660m
Roger's Shaft - 1,660m
Pearce's Shaft - 1,726m
Ulla Mine - 1,740m
Balnoon Consols - 1,741m
Cornwall Consols Tin Mines - 1,745m
Venture, Wheal - 1,745m
Queen, Wheal - 1,747m
Growan Shaft - 1,766m
Giesler's Shaft - 1,770m
Ninnes, Wheal - 1,800m
Kitty, Wheal - 1,804m
Kitty South, Wheal - 1,810m
King, Wheal - 1,836m
Trevethoe Mine Ltd. - 1,836m
Fanny Adela, Wheal - 1,857m
Strawberry, Wheal - 1,876m
Boundary Shaft - 1,880m
Margery, Wheal - 1,899m
Brunnion Shaft - 1,943m
Reeth Consols - 1,957m
Dorothy, Wheal - 1,981m