Cape Cornwall Mine


Tin Mine
Worked from 1780s to 1879

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot


The remaining structures of Cape Cornwall Mine
Cornwall
St. Just
50.126965, -5.709122
SW 3500 3180
Open Access
8m
#7,805

In 1870, this mining operation was active with the following details: it had 11,000 shares, with H.L. Phillips serving as Secretary and Purser, located at 32 New Broad Street, London; Richard Pryor acted as the Manager, stationed in Redruth; John Davey served as the Agent; Engineers included F. Mitchell and William Jenkin; payday occurred on the first Saturday of each month; the mine reached a depth of 110 fathoms and employed 12 individuals.

1780s 1836-1846 1863-1873 1879

Publications (8)

  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
  • Joseph, Peter; NMRS (2006); British Mining 79 - Cape Cornwall Mine; ISBN 0901450 60 X; pp.
  • NMRS; British Mining 41 - Memoirs 1990; pp.cov,4.
  • NMRS; British Mining 43 - Memoirs 1991; pp.43-46.
  • NMRS; British Mining 73 - Memoirs 2003; pp.141.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Aug/1982; pp.3.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Feb/1990; pp.8.
  • Noall, Cyril (1973); St. Just Mining District, The
The remaining structures of Cape Cornwall Mine

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