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Park Valley Mine (Park Mine; Wheal Maria), Okehampton area (Northern Dartmoor), Devon, England, UK
UK Grid Reference: SX713990
Latitude: 50°46'32"N
Longitude: 3°49'32"W
Latitude: 50°46'32"N
Longitude: 3°49'32"W
Lead ore was found here in 1848 whilst quarrying stone, a number of farmers then provided funds to work the lode and, within a few months, 10 tons of ore was raised from an adit driven on lode at a depth of 5 fathoms. However, whilst increasing in value, the lode was found to dip into the adjoining property, whose owner refused permission to work it, and the project was reluctantly abandoned.
A further approach to the adjacent land owner was made in 1878 and, apparently being mellowed by the passing of time, a 21 year lease was obtained and the mine was worked with apparent success, a report later in 1878 recording a homely little concern with rich solid veins of lead ore many inches wide and 4 tons of ore in the adit waiting to be raised.
Note:
In the first edition of Dines (1956), this mine is confused with Wheal Tamar, Callington District. This is corrected in the 1994 reprint.
Mineral List
| Calcite | Galena | Quartz |
3 entries listed. 3 valid minerals.
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References
Dines, H.G. (1994): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 2, reprint, pp. 684-685, 754, xxvii.
Hamilton Jenkin, A.K. (1981): The Mines of Devon : North & East of Dartmoor, Devon Library Services : Exeter.
Hamilton Jenkin, A.K. (1981): The Mines of Devon : North & East of Dartmoor, Devon Library Services : Exeter.
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