West Fortune, Wheal
Copper Mine
Worked from 1720s to 1830s
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Cornwall | |
Gwallon | |
50.141834, -5.46095 | |
SW 5281 3260 | |
Private Land | |
31m | |
#9,328 |
Later part of Marazion Mines.
1720s …1788… 1800s -1830s
Publications (2)
- (1839); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset; 729 pages
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
Great Fortune - 107m
Danby, Wheal - 306m
Rospeath - 616m
Gwallon, Wheal - 834m
Theager's Shaft - 934m
Nancy, Wheal - 942m
Prosper, Wheal - 992m
Hampton United Mines Ltd. - 1,214m
Maid, Wheal - 1,238m
Rodney, Wheal - 1,282m
Virgin, Wheal - 1,283m
Bolton, Wheal - 1,309m
Trevarthian Downs - 1,314m
Chippendale, Wheal - 1,491m
Crab - 1,621m
Treweek's Shaft - 1,758m
South Margaret, Wheal - 1,791m
Engine Shaft - 1,836m
Tregurtha Downs Consol - 1,839m
Jewell, Wheal - 1,924m
Darlington, Wheal - 1,990m
Lower Kestal Bal - 1,993m