Wheal Peevor Mine Redruth Cornwall UK
Posted by: MoreOutdoor
N 50° 15.221 W 005° 12.913
30U E 342086 N 5569185
Wheal Peevor Tin mine, an area where there are three engine houses still visible. With parking and walks around the site.
Waymark Code: WM10MFG
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/27/2019
Views: 7
Engine house's chimneys and workings. A young mine in Cornwall terms, meaning work started here from 1790 with Lodes (the seam where the ore was extracted)of Copper were found at shallow depths
Wheal Peevor mostly worked for Copper and Tin. Most of the Lode was fairly shallow compared with other mines within this area.
By approximately 1887 the mine was no longer economically viable and was abandoned, however attempts were made to re open it in 1912 and 1938 primarily for the extraction of Wolfram (Tungsten), which continued until the end of World War One.
The mines were prone to flooding and required additional water pumps which added to the running costs,along with finding source cheaper to mine elsewhere in the world, hence the relatively short production history.
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This area also had "dressing rooms" where manual workers (mostly Women and Children) crushed the rock to extract the rich mineral ore.