Wheal Amelia- Pennance, Lanner,Cornwall,UK - Mines on Waymarking.com

Pennance Mine lies in the Gwennap Mining District and is situated on the southern slopes of Carn Marth, due south of the converted quarry that is now 'Carn Marth Open Air Theatre'. Formerly known as Wheal Amelia, the area was worked by tinners as early as the 17th century. De La Beche refers to it as a copper producer in his book 'Report on the Geology of Cornwall ...' of 1839, as does Robert Hunt in his report the 'Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain' in 1857. The mine continued to extract copper until about 1873 - it raised 147 tons of medium grade copper ore in its final year of production. Pennance will always however be classed as a small mine, the tin sold between 1870 and 1872 coming mainly from tinstuff rather than the more usual black tin. The slump in the price of copper in 1866 and the opening of new tin fields overseas sounded the death knell for Pennance Consols and it closed in 1874. Between 1880 and 1881 the sett was reworked under the name of East Buller.

(visit link)

Mine Type: Abandoned Mine Mineral Collecting: No Material Mined: Non-Precious Metal Operation: Underground Mine Surface Features: Yes KNOWN DANGERS: Slips trips and falls Any associated website: [Web Link] Any Other information: The disused mine is easily accessed, there is restricted parking nearby. For the more adventurous, a walk up and around Carn Marth, for the views and disused quarries one of which is now an open air theatre.

Visit Instructions:
Optional photograph welcomed.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   07/19/2019 MoreOutdoor visited it