This venture, which operated from 1875 to 1879, attempted to exploit the eastern extensions of the Great Perran Iron Lode for iron. However, historical records indicate that it had been active well before this period. In around 1814, while driving an adit level toward the iron lode, the mine intersected a lead lode (noted by Dines to consist of 3 or 4 north-south lead lodes). Today, only a few dumps and pits remain in the fields near the abandoned Shepherds branch railway line. Although the iron lode has been traced a further 1.5 kilometers to the east, there are no recorded workings beyond this point. Recorded output includes 267 tons of iron ore, 3 tons of lead ore, and 10 tons of zinc ore. (Source: Hamilton Jenkin, 1963)

1810s 1875-1879