University of Exeter Press

Cornwall's Future Mines

Areas in Cornwall of Mineral Potential

    • 180 Pages


    Containing numerous cross references to other texts and sources, this book aims to become a standard source of information on the mineral potentials in areas of Cornwall. The reports have been commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry.







    Containing numerous cross references to other texts and sources, this book aims to become a standard source of information on the mineral potentials in areas of Cornwall.





    List of Plates

    Preface

    Editors' Introduction


    Introduction

    Section A: West Cornwall

    Area 1. Wheal Hermon

    Area 2. The Carnelloe and Dollar Mines, Carnelloe Consols and The Dollar Mine

    Area 3. The Mines of Trink Hill

    Giew

    Wheal Reath

    Area 4. The Marazion Mines

    Owen Vean and Tregurtha Downs

    Wheal Hampton

    Wheal Rodney

    Wheal Virgin

    Area 5. Wheal Vor

    Area 6. Wheal Osborne and Wheal Susan

    Section B: Central Cornwall

    Area 1. The Great Flat Load District

    Wheal Uny and the Eastern Part of the Great Flat Lode

    Area 2. The Redruth-Scorrier District

    Wheal Boys

    Prussia and Cardrew

    Cardrew Consols

    Wheal Montague and Wheal Harmony

    Treleigh Wood

    Wheal and West Wheal Peevor and Adjoining Ground

    Area 3. Killifreth and Great Wheal Busy

    Area 4. Stencoose and Wheal Concord

    Area 5. The North Coast for a Mile West of Porthtowan

    Area 6. Wheal Coates

    Area 7. Wheal Kitty and West Wheal Kitty at St Agnes

    Area 8. South Gwennap

    Section C: East Cornwall

    Area 1. The Lead and Zinc Mining District Between Newquay and Truro

    Silverwell

    Lambriggan Zinc and Lead Mine

    Wheal Alfred

    Pencorse Lead-Zinc Mine

    Area 2. The Castle-an-Dinas Wolfram Mine, St Columb

    Area 3. St Austell-Par-St Blazey

    Par Consols

    West Fowey Consols

    List of Mines and Grid References

    Index of Mine Names



    John Trounson was a graduate of the Camborne School of Mines and a much respected Governor of the School for a number of years. He worked unceasingly to further his own knowledge of the lodes and mines of Cornwall and became the father figure of local mining lore.