UK Grid Reference: SX735688
Latitude: 50°30'16"N
Longitude: 3°47'2"W
A trial shaft was started here in 1854 and a copper lode cut at a depth of 5 fathoms. 50 tons of copper ore were, with a celebratory procession, flags and music, shipped to Swansea via Totnes in July of that year, and after a second lode was cut, 124 tons the following year.
Although the ore was found to be bunchy, by 1859 the main shaft had reached 40 fathoms, with levels at 5, 10, 20 and 30 fathoms. However, little more was done and in 1860 the mine set and equipment was offered for sale.
Total output from 1854-57 was 517 tons and realised £2127.
Of this small copper mine, only a small pit and some very overgrown spoil heaps remain. These showed copper and iron pyrites when Hamilton Jenkin visited the site in 1959.
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References
Hamilton Jenkin, A.K. (1981): The Mines of Devon : North & East of Dartmoor, Devon Library Services : Exeter
Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London)
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