Wheal Tye-Porthtowan Cornwall Uk
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N 50° 16.814 W 005° 15.371
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Wheal Tye disused Tin and Copper mine.
Waymark Code: WM10P2A
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/05/2019
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Early mining in this area, highlighted by features which suggest there have been activity stretching back hundreds of years.
With the Lode (mineral deposits) close to the surface there is evidence of surface working.
Named as Wheal Tye which site high up on the edge of the Cornish cliffs. The remains of which predominantly the Chimney and the 25 m arched flue are grade 2 listed
The nearby shaft was called "Vivian" with another nearby call "Caroline"
Both shafts reached a depth of some 183 m /600 feet below the surface with workings under the sea bed.
Wheal Lushington Mine, also known as West Wheal Towan Mine comprises and amalgamation of a number of small and ancient mining setts that occupy a strip of coastline extending over a distance of around 1500 metres from the western side of Porthtowan Beach to the eastern side of Keriack Cove. Whilst the western section of the sett lies within the parish of Portreath, the mine is included within the Porthtowan mining district. Portreath village itself lies over 2.5 km to the south-west of the western boundary of the sett and if used, gives a misleading geographic location for the site.
The small mines that comprise the sett are as follows:
Wheal Sterran & Wheal Tye lie on the cliff to the west of Tobban Horse. In 1927, Vivians Shaft was re-opened, although some fine grained tin ore was encountered no development ensued. The large cliffside waste dump and remains of old mine buildings including a square section stack date from this period of operation.
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