Brittania, Wheal
aka Moor, Wheal or Jewell, Whal
Copper Mine
Worked from old
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Cornwall | |
Carharrack | |
50.224763, -5.158736 | |
SW 7479 4086 | |
Private Land | |
67m | |
#7,750 |
Small mine situated west of the road leading to United Downs, it operated by exploiting seven lodes trending northeast. These lodes spanned approximately 550 yards across a narrow stretch of land. While five of these lodes were accessed through shafts, the depth of the workings doesn’t seem to have reached far beyond the adit level. Mount Wellington Ltd. acquired the mine after 1935. In 1940, some exploration work took place at the Wheal Jewel shaft, but no further development ensued. The provided coordinates correspond to the location of the Wheal Jewel shaft, identified by a sizable depression in a field just west of Sunny Corner.
Publications (1)
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
South Ale and Cakes - 183m
Todd, Wheal - 199m
Cupboard Hill - 389m
Gwennap United - 435m
United Mines - 446m
Taylor's Shaft - 569m
Eldon's Shaft - 575m
Poldory - 702m
Ale and Cakes - 710m
Gwennap United Stamps - 724m
Garland's Shaft - 833m
East Ale and Cakes - 837m
Panter - 847m
Whiteworks - 945m
South Clifford United - 967m
Girl, Wheal - 991m
Powder House - 995m
Footway Shaft - 1,124m
Clifford, Wheal - 1,165m
East Virgin, Wheal - 1,175m
Tregonning's Shaft - 1,203m
Pearce's Shaft - 1,208m
Terrill's Shaft - 1,208m
Consols - 1,231m
Consolidated Mines - 1,239m
Morcom's Shaft - 1,241m
Uden, Wheal - 1,251m
Elvan's Shaft - 1,261m
Taylor's Shaft - 1,262m
St. Aubyn, Wheal - 1,274m
Harvey's Shaft - 1,278m
West Virgin, Wheal - 1,301m
Mitchell's Shaft - 1,364m
Skewe's Shaft - 1,408m
Shear's Shaft - 1,424m
Maid Adit - 1,425m
Squire, Wheal - 1,433m
Hawkins Shafts - 1,436m
Cusvey Mine - 1,447m
Old Sump Shaft - 1,448m
Mount Wellington - 1,470m
Friendship Shafts - 1,486m
Friendship, Wheal - 1,497m
Woolf's Shaft - 1,510m
Magpie, Wheal - 1,529m
Maid, Wheal - 1,554m
Carharrack Mine - 1,577m
Fortune, Wheal - 1,582m
Bowden's Shaft - 1,587m
Moyle, Wheal - 1,611m
Goougumpus - 1,615m
Nancy Grows - 1,618m
East Maid, Wheal - 1,652m
Andrew, Wheal - 1,665m
Jewell, Wheal - 1,729m
County Adit - 1,751m
East Damsel, Wheal - 1,757m
Twelve Heads - 1,775m
Bread and Cheese Shaft - 1,790m
West Clifford United - 1,800m
Killicor - 1,809m
Goodluck Shaft - 1,824m
Lovelace, Wheal - 1,830m
Henry, Wheal - 1,838m
Edgcumbe, Wheal - 1,870m
Nangiles Manway - 1,871m