Painter's Shaft


Tin Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

Aug 1st, 2025 by aricooperdavis



Cornwall
Baldhu
50.2428246, -5.1170058
SW 7785 4274
Private Land
106m
#10,241


Shaft of West Wheal Jane, working the main lode.



In West Wheal Jane […] Main Lode was worked from […] Painter’s Shaft, 190 yds . E.N.E. of Venables, on the underlie to the 40-fm.
[…]
At Painter’s Shaft the 10-fm. and 20-fm. levels block out the lode for about 50fms. W. and 30 fms. E., and the 30-fm. and 40-fm. levels for 20 fms. W. and 40 fms . E.
[…]
Stoping, though more or less spread over the developed ground from surface […] to the 30-fm. Level at Painter’s Shaft, is not very extensive, but confined to scattered patches, the largest of which are on Shallow Adit Level.

Dines, p429



Publications (1)

  • Dines, Henry George (1956); The Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England - Vol. 1; p429





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