Stray Park
Copper, Tin, and Pyrite Mine
Worked from 1770s to 1870
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Dec 26th, 2024 by BertyBasset
Cornwall | |
Camborne | |
50.2124939, -5.2895622 | |
SW 6540 3990 | |
Private Land | |
119m | |
#9,076 |
1828 and Gons. 1870 part of Dolocath. West Stray Park Mine was a small mining operation situated along the railway line east of Camborne Vean Mine. Bounded by Dolcoath Mine to the east and Camborne Consols to the north, the mine worked two northeast-trending lodes: Main Lode and South Lode, the latter of which was an extension of South Lode of Camborne Vean Mine.
The main shafts of West Stray Park Mine were Machine Shaft (also known as Engine Shaft) and Stray Park Old Engine Shaft, positioned approximately 130 yards south of the railway line. Today, the area where the mine once operated is completely built over.
Working in conjunction with Camborne Vean Mine, West Stray Park Mine proved productive. In 1827 alone, the mine produced 1,330 tons of copper ore containing 7.5% copper. Over the period from 1829 to 1856, it raised a total of 38,610 tons of copper ore with an average grade of 7.3%, along with 590 tons of black tin and 42 tons of pyrite.
1770s 1825-1870
Publications (2)
- (1920); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vols XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII - Fireclay; Arsenic & Antimony Ores; Refactory Materials, Lead & Zinc of Scotland, Rock-Salt and Brine (5 books); 777 pages
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
Gons, Wheal - 100m
Camborne Consols - 223m
Eastern Shaft - 246m
Killas, Wheal - 282m
Town Lode Shaft - 303m
Camborne Vean - 360m
Western Shaft - 391m
Engine Shaft - 471m
Carn Camborne - 498m
Bryant, Wheal - 499m
An Owl, Wheal - 510m
Heart's Ease - 510m
Western Shaft - 562m
Francis, Wheal - 582m
Harriett, Wheal - 610m
Roskearbroas - 639m
Holt - 666m
Old Sump Shaft - 703m
Dolcoath - 719m
Camborne Veor - 726m
William's Shaft - 738m
New Sump Shaft - 745m
Kitty, Wheal - 779m
Gerry, Wheal - 853m
Weeth Mine - 858m
New East Shaft - 862m
Holly Park Shaft - 866m
Roskear Shaft - 882m
Condurrow Mines Ltd. - 892m
Chance, Wheal - 893m
Hope Shaft - 903m
Roskear - 905m
South Roskear - 905m
Gossan Shaft - 912m
South Entral - 920m
Hatchet, Wheal - 921m
Duncan's Shaft - 922m
Gustavus - 932m
Kearne's Shaft - 935m
Bullen Garden Mine - 941m
Wellington, Wheal - 982m
North Entral - 988m
West Stray Park - 988m
North Tolcarne - 995m
Smith's Shaft - 1,053m
Vivian's Shaft - 1,058m
Bowan, Wheal - 1,060m
Parc-an-Bowen - 1,088m
Pearce's Shaft - 1,100m
De Dunstanville - 1,104m
New Roskear Shaft - 1,104m
Tuckingmill Decline - 1,105m
Pendarves Shaft - 1,113m
Eastern Valley Shaft - 1,138m
Paul's Shaft - 1,153m
Tolcarne - 1,155m
Taylor's Shaft - 1,164m
Purser's Shaft - 1,168m
Tryphena, Wheal - 1,182m
Daylight Shaft - 1,186m
Middle Engine Shaft - 1,188m
Prince William Henry - 1,203m
Tolcarne - 1,203m
Gossan Shaft - 1,210m
Plosh, Wheal - 1,251m
Doctors' Shaft (New) - 1,270m
Duncan's Shaft - 1,272m
Ollie's (Cooks) Shaft - 1,275m
West Condurrow A - 1,290m
Chapples Shaft - 1,295m
Engine Shaft - 1,296m
Cook's Kitchen - 1,301m
Dunstanville, Wheal - 1,302m
Lovely - 1,308m
Whim Round Shaft - 1,316m
Hidderley Shaft - 1,321m
Doctors' Shaft (Old) - 1,330m
Vernon, Wheal - 1,340m
Copper Tankard - 1,343m
New Cook's Kitchen - 1,343m
Junction Shaft - 1,355m
King Edward VII Mine - 1,369m
Condurrow South - 1,375m
Sump Shaft - 1,376m
Newton Shaft - 1,389m
South Condurrow - 1,391m
Plantation Shaft - 1,393m
Pressure Shaft - 1,399m
Harvey's Shaft - 1,402m
Allen's Shaft - 1,415m
William's Shaft - 1,422m
King Edward Mine Museum - 1,426m
Bounty, Wheal - 1,430m
Old Engine Shaft - 1,434m
Susan, Wheal - 1,440m
Vivian's Shaft - 1,448m
King's Shaft - 1,454m
Crofty A, Wheal - 1,455m
Tyrie's Shaft - 1,455m
South Tolcarne - 1,456m
Engine Shaft - 1,464m
South Tolcarne - 1,466m
New Cook's Kitchen Shaft - 1,482m
Old Tye - 1,483m
North Roskear - 1,512m
North Shaft - 1,516m
New Shaft - 1,526m
Marshall's Shaft - 1,528m
Cherry Garden Shaft - 1,529m
Mitchell's Shaft - 1,530m
Frazer's Shaft - 1,533m
West Seton Burrows Ltd. - 1,538m
Dolcoath Deep Adit - 1,538m
Mayne's Shaft - 1,544m
Knight, Wheal - 1,563m
Roaring Shaft - 1,564m
Crofty B, Wheal - 1,579m
Engine Shaft - 1,589m
New Shaft - 1,589m
Sump Shaft - 1,592m
Crane (and Bejawsa) - 1,595m
Cherry Garden - 1,610m
Seton, Wheal - 1,611m
Carnarthen Consols - 1,620m
Gustavus Adit - 1,633m
Carn & Bejawsa - 1,636m
Sump Shaft - 1,641m
California Shaft - 1,642m
Trevenson Engine Shaft - 1,646m
Carmarthen - 1,651m
Valley Adit - 1,653m
Old Tincroft Shaft - 1,658m
New Seton - 1,662m
Simm's Shaft - 1,689m
Bejawsa - 1,697m
Grenville United Mines - 1,701m
Praed's Shaft - 1,702m
Fortescue's Shaft - 1,706m
Charmer - 1,729m
Sump Shaft - 1,731m
East Grenville, Wheal - 1,732m
Grenville, Wheal - 1,738m
Old South (Carn Brea) Tincroft - 1,746m
North Crofty, Wheal - 1,747m
Sampson Swain's Smelting House/Old Copper House - 1,774m
Simcock's Shaft - 1,776m
Dudnance - 1,778m
Champion's Shaft - 1,796m
Tincroft - 1,798m
Trevenson - 1,800m
Grenville New Stamps - 1,807m
Cock, Wheal - 1,810m
Old Engine Shaft - 1,814m
Freeman's Shaft - 1,815m
Illogan Mine - 1,816m
Great South Seton - 1,820m
Newton Moor - 1,840m
Blight's Shaft - 1,843m
Martin's East Shaft - 1,873m
East Crofty - 1,875m
Willoughby's Shaft - 1,888m
West Frances, Wheal - 1,898m
South Crofty, Wheal - 1,907m
Smith's Shaft - 1,918m
Robinson's Shaft - 1,920m
Engine Shaft - 1,992m
Dolcoath Deep Adit - 1,999m