Prospecting. Old shafts going North East. Possible adit in the valley by the stream.

Dines:

Spaniard Lode, coursing about E. 20° N. and underlying steeply south in fine-grained granite country crosses Carnquidden Downs, 14 miles S.W. of Towednack church (6-in. Corn. 68 N.W.) and has been worked by numerous old shafts extending from 200 yds . W.S.W. of Middle Carnquidden farm, to within 300 yds. W. of Little Carnquidden farm, a distance of 900 yds. The plan (A.M. 6423) shows Lower Adit commencing 400 yds. S.W. of Middle Carnquidden farm and, with several adit shafts, crosscut 110 fms. N. to the most westerly shaft on the lode, and following the lode thence for about 90 fms. E.N.E. to beneath the farm. Middle Adit is shown following the lode for 50 fms . E. from a shaft just east ofthe farm. No workings are shown from the numerous shafts indicated on the Ordnance map, in a line crossing the middle of the Downs.

An assay plan and section shows results of investigations carried out in 1911. According to the section Chysauster Shaft is 108 ft. deep, and from it 1st Level, at a depth of of 55 ft. extends 200ft. E. and 2nd Level, from shaft bottom, extends 160ft. E. Another shaft 40 ft. E. of the first, reaches to 1st Level and a winze, 140ft. E. of the deeper shaft, connects 1st and 2nd levels. The assay plan indicates that 2nd Level is driven 340ft. E. of Chysauster Shaft . The site ofthis shaft is not marked on the earlier plan. The assay plan shows a branch trending N.E. at 150 ft. E. of Chysauster Shaft on 1st Level and 120 ft. E. on 2nd Level; drives follow this for short distances. The assay figures show the lode up to 4 ft. wide but generally narrow and values ranging from nothing to 186 lb. of black tin per ton over a width of 6 in. , but values are patchy and average about 15 lb. over a width of 12 in. The mine was abandoned in 1912 after three year’s investigation ; no stoping was done.