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Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

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Boiler chimney

Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

Corbels on the boiler chimney beside the road close to the engine house.
Chris Popham, Jan 2008.
Photo ID: 144588    View Count: 63

Chimney

Frank Mills Mine (Frankmills Mine), Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

The short stubby chimney at the lower end of the site beside the tips and possible dressing floors.
Chris Popham, Jan 2008.
Photo ID: 144910    View Count: 78

Chimney

Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

The stump of the rather unusual octagonal chimney.
Chris Popham, Jan 2008
Photo ID: 145851    View Count: 75

Engine house & dumps

Frank Mills Mine (Frankmills Mine), Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

The engine house for the dressing floors is marked by the chimney just to the left of the pile of black bales. This is at the edge of a stream and here there are the remains of extensive processing works. The dumps are mostly of crushed shale but contain fair sized pieces of baryte and siderite. This photograph was taken from the south of the site ...
Photo ID: 124943    View Count: 263

Entrance to level

Scanniclift Manganese Mine, Doddiscombsleigh, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

Looking back to the daylight from about 10m in.
Chris Popham, Jan 2008
Photo ID: 145187    View Count: 66

Entrance to the level

Scanniclift Manganese Mine, Doddiscombsleigh, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

A fairly substantial open 'quarry' with the entrance to the level, actually higher than it appears and quite high enough to walk in but obscured by a mass of material that appears to have fallen in from the hillside above.
Jan 2008
Photo ID: 145188    View Count: 74

Mine Cottages at Wheal Exmouth

Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

This photo shows the adjoining mine cottages at Wheal Exmouth. A study of the census taken during the operating period shows that they were occupied by the Mine Agent and other workers. Today they are private dwellings.
 © Bernie MillingtonPhoto ID: 262144    View Count: 12

Not hard to find

Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

I'd be interested to know if anyone has information on how the waste was carried across the road when the tips were made. There are some wooden posts which could perhaps have been an ariel runway.
Chris Popham, Jan 2008.
Photo ID: 144591    View Count: 81

Open Gunnis

Scanniclift Manganese Mine, Doddiscombsleigh, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

This photo does not really show the gunnis well but does show one of 2 entances to small short steeply inclined trial adits.
Jan 2008
Photo ID: 145189    View Count: 49

Porter's Shaft Engine House - Wheal Exmouth

Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

Wheal Exmouth Engine House on Porter's Shaft. Taken 04/11/2009
 © Bernie MillingtonPhoto ID: 262132    View Count: 10
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