Cornwall's Mining Industry in 1896 - A List of Metalliferous Mines
Britain's Active Mining History Society
From the Tables compiled by Joseph S. Martin, H.M. Inspector for the South Western District in his Report for 1896
Name of Mine | Situation | Owner and Postal Address | Agent | Workers | Minerals Worked | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U/G | Sur. | |||||
Agar, Wheal |
Illogan, Redruth |
Wheal Agar Adventurers, Redruth. (Cornelius Bawden, Purser) |
Ralph Daniel |
10 |
13 |
Tin and Copper Ores and Arsenic |
Arthur, Wheal |
Roseworthy, Camborne |
Daniel, Thomas and Temby, Camborne |
Peter Temby |
3 |
3 |
Zinc Ore |
Arthur, Wheal |
Calstock |
Moses Bawden, Tavistock |
0 |
2 |
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Basset Mines Limited |
Illogan |
Basset Mines Ltd., Redruth. (Richard Rendle, Secretary) |
William James |
210 |
180 |
Tin Ore |
Bissoe Pool |
St. Day |
W.J. Trythall, Perranwell Station, R.S.O. |
1 |
1 |
Ochre |
|
Blue Hills |
St. Agnes |
Blue Hills Mining Co., St. Agnes, Scorrier. (Walter Pike, Purser, Camborne) |
Joseph Richards |
53 |
36 |
Tin Ore |
Breage (late Gwin and Singer) |
Breage, Helston |
Breage Tin Mine Ltd., Breage, Helston. (Thos. B. Provis, General Manager and Secretary, 76, Finsbury Pavement, London, E.C.) |
Stephen Harris |
Tin Ore |
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Budnick (part) |
Perranzabuloe |
F.G. Enys, of Enys (Penryn), c/o Reginald Glanville, Truro |
0 |
3 |
Tin Ore |
|
Budnick, East |
Perranzabuloe |
T.J. Davis and Co., Rose, Perranzabuloe. (T.J. Davis) |
T.J. Davis |
Tin Ore |
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Budnick (part) |
Manor of Tywarnhayle, Perranzabuloe |
Sampson, Mitchell, and Co., Perranzabuloe. (Joseph Murrish) |
2 |
1 |
Tin Ore |
|
Budnick Consols |
Perranzabuloe |
Budnick Consols Mining Co. (Richard Trenerry), Perranzabuloe, Truro |
3 |
1 |
Tin Ore |
|
Busy, Great Wheal, Hodger's Shaft |
Chacewater |
W.J. Trythall, Perranwell Station, R.S.O. |
63 |
7 |
Tin Ore |
|
Calstock, West Wheal |
Calstock |
T. Westlake and Co., Calstock |
Tin Ore |
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Camborne Vean |
Camborne |
P. Temby, Roseworthy, Camborne |
Tin Ore |
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Carn Brea and Tincroft |
Illogan, Redruth |
Carn Brea and Tincroft Mining Co. Ltd., Carn Brea, R.S.O. (John Trevethan, Purser) |
W.T. White |
466 |
607 |
Tin Ore and Arsenic |
Clifford United (part of) |
Gwennap |
John Odgers, Perranwell Station, R.S.O. |
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Combe and Danescombe |
Calstock |
Combe and Danescombe Arsenic Co. Ltd., 6, Queen Street Place, London, E.C. |
J. Crocker (Secretary) |
40 |
30 |
Copper Ore and Arsenic |
Condurrow, South |
Gwennap |
South Condurrow Mining Co., Camborne. (Charles Clark, Secretary, 20, Great St. Helen's, London) |
W. Rich |
53 |
75 |
Tin Ore |
Cornwall, East (late St. Neot Quarry) |
St. Neot, Liskeard |
East Cornwall Slate Quarry Co., St. Neot (W.J. Dennis, Purser) |
W.J. Dennis |
7 |
6 |
Slate |
Creegbrawse |
Chacewater |
F. Gribbe, Chacewater, Scorrier, R.S.O. |
9 |
3 |
Tin Ore and Iron Pyrites |
|
Crofty, South Wheal |
Illogan |
South Wheal Crofty Mining Co., Carn Brea, R.S.O. (Henry James Lean, Purser) |
Josiah Thomas |
7 |
6 |
Tin and Copper Ores, Arsenic, and Wolfram. Suspended Feb. 1896. |
Dolcoath |
Camborne |
Dolcoath Mine Ltd., Camborne (Josiah Thomas, Purser) |
Josiah Thomas |
704 |
603 |
Tin and Copper Ores |
Drakewalls |
Gunnislake, near Tavistock |
Drakewalls Mining Co. Ltd., Gunnislake, near Tavistock (W.J. Lavington, Secretary. Moses Bawden, Purser) |
Moses Bawden |
0 |
3 |
Copper and Tin Ores and Arsenic |
Frances, West Wheal |
Illogan |
West Wheal Frances Mining Co., Camborne (R.H. Pike and Sons, Pursers, Camborne) |
Josiah Thomas |
52 |
74 |
Tin Ore |
Grenville, Wheal |
Camborne |
Wheal Grenville Mining Co., Camborne (D. Julyan, Secretary, 7, Union Court, Old Broad St., London, E.C.) |
Charles Bishop |
234 |
259 |
Tin Ore |
Jane, Wheal (Tippett's Shaft) |
Chacewater |
William Burrows, Cross Lanes, Chacewater |
1 |
0 |
Tin Ore. Tributer under Lord Falmouth |
|
Killifreth |
Scorrier (in Parish of Kenwyn) |
Killifreth Mining Co. Ltd., Chacewater, Scorrier (Thomas F. Trownson, Purser) |
R.A. James |
138 |
75 |
Tin Ore |
Kitty, Wheal |
St. Agnes |
Wheal Kitty Mining Co. (Wm. Teague) |
Wm. Teague |
93 |
60 |
Tin Ore |
Kitty, West |
St. Agnes |
West Kitty Mining Co., St. Agnes (F.J. Harvey, Secretary, 37, Walbrook, London; F.W. Michell, Purser, Redruth) |
Joel Hooper and John Williams |
118 |
103 |
Tin Ore |
Levant |
St. Just, Penzance |
Levant Mining Co., St. Just, R.S.O., Cornwall (Richard White, Purser) |
Richard White |
401 |
201 |
Tin and Copper Ores and Arsenic |
Levant, North (Wheal Geevor Part) |
St. Just, Penzance |
Wheal Geevor Co., St. Just, R.S.O., Cornwall(R. White and John Doidge) |
Richard White |
10 |
4 |
Tin Ore |
Lovell, The |
Wendrom |
The Lovell Mining Co. (John Bidder, Secretary, 3, Great Queen St., Westminster, London) |
Joseph Prisk |
6 |
2 |
Tin Ore |
Lucy, Wheal (Batt's Adit) |
Hayle |
W. Cock Vivian, Rescadinnick, Camborne |
--- Holman |
6 |
0 |
Tin Ore. Suspended 1896 |
Metal and Flow, Wheal |
Breage, Helston |
Wheal Metal and Flow Mining Co. (George E. Collins, Secretary, 14 and 15, Broad street Avenue, London, E.C.) |
Stephen P. Curtis |
6 |
34 |
Tin Ore. Mining Operations suspended, surface work still continued on the leavings. |
New Bickton |
St. Ive |
Percy R. Denny, 165, High Street, Ryde, I. of W. |
2 |
1 |
Tin Ore |
|
New Trelawney |
St. Ive |
Anglo Peninsula Mining and Chemical Co. Ltd., Callington |
Tin Ore |
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Onslow Consols |
St. Breward |
Thomas Parkyn, Finsbury, Roche |
Arsenical Mundic |
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Phoenix and West Phoenix United |
Linkinhorne, East Cornwall |
Phoenix and West Phoenix United Mining Co., Liskeard (William Polkinghorne, Purser) |
John Williams |
100 |
150 |
Tin Ore |
Polberro |
St. Agnes |
Polberro Mining Co., St. Agnes (F.J. Harvey, Secretary, 37, Walbrook, London, E.C.; G. Coulter Hancock, Purser, St. Agnes) |
Charles Thomas |
Tin Ore. Polberro and Trevaunance Mines have been united, and are now worked as Polberro Mine, suspended 1896 |
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Poldice (including Wheal Unity, Wheal Maid and Goongumpas) |
St. Day, Scorrier |
T.H. Letcher, Lord's Agent, St. Day |
0 |
11 |
Tin Ore. Only occasional work by a few men, principally on the surface among the old mine heaps (burrows). |
|
Poldice, Old (part of) |
St. Day, Scorrier |
Richard Martin and Son, Wheal Bush, Chacewater, Scorrier |
1 |
0 |
Tin Ore |
|
Pool, East |
Illogan |
East Pool Mining Co., Carn Brea, R.S.O. (J.H. Mayne, Purser) |
Charles Bishop |
106 |
260 |
Tin Ore, Arsenic, and Wolfram |
Prince of Wales |
Calstock |
East Cornwall Tin Mining Syndicate Ltd., (F.R. Grant, Secretary), 1, Finch Lane, London, E.C., and Harrowbarrow, St. Mellion |
Stephen Roberts |
31 |
6 |
Tin and Copper Ores |
St. Just United Consols (Bellan Part) |
St. Just |
James Chenhalls, Bollowall, St. Just |
17 |
5 |
Tin Ore |
|
Sisters, Wheal |
Lelant |
Wheal Sisters Mine Syndicate, Camborne (F.W. Thomas, Purser) |
Simon Thomas |
0 |
24 |
Tin Ore |
Tolgullow United |
St. Day, Scorrier |
Matthew Richards and Others, Scorrier Street, St. Day, Redruth (T.H. Letcher, St. Day, Lord's Agent) |
4 |
0 |
Tin and Copper Ores, and Arsenic |
|
Treloweth |
St. Mewan, St. Austell |
J. Norfolk, Louth, Lincolnshire |
W. Johns |
4 |
3 |
Tin Ore |
Uranium Mines |
Grampound Road |
Uranium Mines Ltd., Grampound Road (A.J. Leeze, Secretary) |
John Brenton |
6 |
2 |
Oxide of Uranium. In Liquidation |
Ventonwyn |
St. Stephens-in-Bramwell, St. Austell |
R. Cotton |
J. Collins |
4 |
0 |
Tin Ore |
Yankee Boy |
St. Just |
T.G. Tregear (Manager) St. Just |
4 |
2 |
Tin Ore |
|
Total |
2975 |
2856 |
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