Fortescue Consols

aka Fortescue, Wheal


Tin Mine

Worked from 1860s to c1880

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot



Cornwall
Coombe
50.326995, -4.87309
SW 9560 5140
Private Land
97m
#8,173


Operating on the western extensions of the Great Dowgas lodes, this tin mine was active from the 1860s until the 1880s. Despite its operation period, only 15 tons of black tin are recorded for the years 1864, 1871-1874, and 1880. No remnants of the workings remain today.



1860s 1869-1874 ..1880..


Publications (1)

  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol2, The; 335 pages





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