Devonshire'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. | |||||
Atlas |
Ilsington, Newton Abbot |
The Atlas Tin Mining Co. Ltd., Ilsington, Newton Abbot |
Wm. Grose |
Tin Ore. Not worked. In liquidation |
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Beer |
Beer Seaton |
The Beer Freestone and Lime Co. Ltd., Seaton (Alfred Wiseman Oakley, Managing Director) |
A.W. Oakley |
7 |
Freestone |
|
Bertha Consols |
Buckland, Horrabridge |
Bertha Consols Ltd., Yelverton |
36 |
34 |
Tin and Copper Ores |
|
Birch Tor |
North Bovey, Newton Abbot |
Moses Bawden, Tavistock |
Moses Bawden |
1 |
Tin Ore. Only surface work occasionally |
|
Crebor, Wheal |
Tavistock |
Wheal Crebor Co., Tavistock (Moses Bawden, Tavistock) |
P.D. Holman |
18 |
18 |
Copper and Tin Ores and Arsenic |
Decoy and Horsemills |
Kingsteignton |
Devon and Courtenay Clay Co., Kingsteighton. (H.G.C. Bishop, Secretary) |
J.H. Key (Newton Abbot) |
43 |
20 |
Potter's Clay |
Devon Great Consols |
Tavistock |
Devon Great Consols Co. Ltd., Tavistock. (Geo. Hadlee, Secretary, 8, Finsbury Circus, London, E.C.) Moses Bawden, Purser |
William Clems |
140 |
247 |
Arsenic and Copper Ore |
Etsom and Others |
Kingsteignton |
Watts, Blake, Bearne, and Co., Newton Abbot |
45 |
20 |
Potter's Clay |
|
Friendship, Wheal and Lanyon's Shaft |
Mary Tavy, Tavistock |
Devon Arsenic Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (J.L. Pearce, Tavistock) |
W. Gill |
20 |
53 |
Arsenical Pyrites |
Gawton |
Gawton Quay, Tavistock |
Devon Gawton Mining Co. Ltd., Beer Alston, R.S.O., Devon. (Moses Bawden) |
George Rowe |
84 |
119 |
Copper Ore and Arsenic |
Golden Dagger |
Parish of Manaton, Dartmoor |
Moses Bawden (Purser), Tavistock |
Moses Bawden |
6 |
2 |
Tin Ore |
Great Closes |
Teignbridge, Kingsteignton |
W.H. Whiteway-Wilkinson and Co., Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot |
12 |
2 |
Potter's Clay |
|
Great Rock |
Hennock |
Otto Schmidt and Co. (c/o W.H. Hosking, Newton Abbot), 143, Queen Victoria Street, London |
W.H. Hosking |
4 |
0 |
Iron Ore (shining ore) |
Hawkmoor Shining Ore |
Bovey Tracey |
Otto Schmidt and Co. (c/o W.H. Hosking, Newton Abbot), 143, Queen Victoria Street, London |
W.H. Hosking |
0 |
1 |
Iron Ore (shining ore) |
Hexworthy |
Hexworthy, Prince Town |
The Hexworthy Tin Mining Co., Hexworthy, Princetown |
John Webb |
12 |
5 |
Tin Ore |
New Cross |
Kingsteignton |
Hexter, Humpherson and Co., Newton Abbot |
3 |
2 |
Potter's Clay |
|
North Devon Clay |
near Torrington |
North Devon Clay Co. Ltd., Torrington |
12 |
7 |
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Plumley |
Bovey Tracey |
P.J. Dick, Greenhead Works, Glasgow |
A. Livingstone |
2 |
4 |
Shining ore |
Shaptor Shining Ore |
Bovey Tracey |
G.M. Slatter, Hockmoor, Bovey Tracey |
7 |
5 |
Iron Ore (shining ore) |
|
Storms Down |
Ashburton |
Storms Down Mining Co. Ltd., 104, West George St., Glasgow |
H.A. Morris |
9 |
10 |
Arsenic and Tin |
Teign Valley |
Great Week, Chagford, Newton Abbot |
William Ellis, Great Week Mine, Chagford, Newton Abbot and 27, King Street, Cheapside, London, E.C. |
6 |
4 |
Tin |
|
Teign Valley |
Bridford, Exeter |
Teign Valley Mining Co., 15, Bedford Circus, Exeter (M.J. Durnsford, Secretary) |
M. Durnsford |
3 |
Barytes |
|
Whitstone |
Brentor |
Whitstone Mining Co., Brentor, (c/o T.C. Read, Messrs. Pethybridge, Reed, and Co., Launceston) |
Thos. C. Reed |
1 |
Ochre. Only occasional work done; awaiting better times |
|
Total |
466 |
558 |
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