CaitlinAlmost parallel with the famous Cheesering Quarry are the scant remains of a mine that are all too easy to walk past without being able […]
Category: Mines
Ding Dong Mine
One the moors near Madron sit the three remaining engine houses of Ding Dong Mine, possibly the oldest mine in Cornwall. Ding Dong, like so […]
Wheal Martyn
On the outskirts of St Austell is the Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum. Once a china clay works of its own, this unique piece of […]
Stowe’s Mine
Up on Stowe’s Hill north of Minions village are the scant remains of Stowe’s Mine. Little remains of this small workings except some huge craters […]
South Phoenix Mine
Up on Bodmin Moor in the village of Minions sits the prominent engine house of South Phoenix Mine. This mine origins start as two smaller […]
Penhale and Wheal Golden
Dotted along the coast between Holywell and Perranporth are the remains of several lead and silver mines, the two largest being Penhale and Wheal Golden. […]