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South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK - Site Photo Gallery

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A complete panorama

South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

View of the complete sett at Marriot's shaft.
Photographed in May 2011 by Paul De Bondt.
 © Paul De BondtPhoto ID: 403422    View Count: 86

Boiler house

South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Huge boiler house with stack and pumping engine house of the Marriot's shaft.
Photographed in May 2011 by Paul De Bondt using a professional camera.
 © Paul De BondtPhoto ID: 403425    View Count: 93

Engine house

South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Pumping Engine house. While taken this picture, I was standing on a solid grid covering Marriot's shaft who is 622 meters deep.
Photograped in May 2011 by Paul De Bondt.
 © Paul De BondtPhoto ID: 403428    View Count: 67

Explanation panel 1

South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

One of the explanation panels exposed in the Changehouse at Marriot's shaft.
Photo by Paul De Bondt, May 2011
 © Paul De BondtPhoto ID: 403426    View Count: 83

Explanation panel 2

South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

The other explanation panel in the Changehouse.
Photo by Paul De Bondt, May 2011
 © Paul De BondtPhoto ID: 403427    View Count: 63

Marriott's Shaft

South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Facilities at Marriott's Shaft. P Haas photograph, April 2004.
 © Peter HaasPhoto ID: 123616    View Count: 492

Pascoe's engine houses

South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Pascoe's pumping engine house on the right and the winding engine house on the left.
Photograph taken from near the Marriot's shaft with a professional camera.
Paul De Bondt, May 2011.
 © Paul De BondtPhoto ID: 403431    View Count: 252

Pascoe's Shaft

South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Ruins of the winding (left) and pumping engine houses (right). P Haas photograph, April 2004.
 © Peter HaasPhoto ID: 123617    View Count: 350

Wethered ore

South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

A piece of copper ore has been cemented in the wall of a building at the Marriot's shaft and leave a blue stain on the wall.
Photo by Paul De Bondt, May 2011.
 © Paul De BondtPhoto ID: 403429    View Count: 130
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