UK Grid Reference: SW735421
Latitude: 50°14'5"N
Longitude: 5°10'35"W
Worked from 1815 to 1853, producing 58,150 tons of copper. Several waste tips and some extremely deep and cavernous open mine shafts remain beside the St. Day-Carharrack road and in the area around Crofthandy.
References
- (in part): Dana 7:I:381.
- Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 1, pp. 408-409.
- Atkinson, B. (1994): Mining Sites in Cornwall, Vol. 2, Dyllansow Truran (Truro).
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