SX 455/691 OS Ref. Bere Alston, Devon, England
Bedford and Gawton Mine
We can tell you that Bedford and Gawton Mine is a…
If you know more about Bedford and Gawton Mine, you can add more facts here »
Similar topics in Freebase
-
Ann
-
Crebor Mine
Main shaft 720'. One of the oldest underground workings around Tavistock, discovered during the construction of the Tavistock Canal tunnel to Morwhelham. Inclined shaft by entrance to the canal tunnel was already disused in 1828.New companies took over, first 1842-6, then in 1850 another company... -
Adams
Adams Mine, Christow, Devon -
Beer Mine, Beer Seaton, Devon
SX 438/680 OS Ref. Active 1895. http://64.233.183.132/search?q=cache:ujNbiKDZZjcJ:www.pdmhs.com/1896%2520Lists/1896-70.htm+beer+alston+mine&hl=pt-PT&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=pt -
Wheal Freindship
SX 508/795. Mary Tavy, Devon. Many shafts filled in (1966). One at SX505/797is about 1050' deep and was covered ovver in 1966. Wheal Caroline Shaft is 50-80' deep, Hope Shaft 100 to 120' deep. Brentons Stack (Engine House)n and many arsenic houses, long flues. One Engine House blown up in 1954. -
Aller
-
Devon Great Consols
SX 42/73 OS Ref. Once the biggest copper mine in the world. Founded by Josiah Hitchins in 1844 on land leased from the Duke of Bedford. Numerous unsuccessful attempts made to rework the tips over the years. -
Wheal Betsy Mine, Mary Tavy, Devon
SX 510/810 OS Ref. Reopened in 1806, mining for lead, but closed by 1900. Shafts 840', 576', 480' and 30' in 1966. Many shafts filled in by military exercises. One stark Engine House house (preserved) remains, but another was apartently blown up. Refining operations carried out about 1960. Other... -
Bertha Consols Mine, Buckland Monochorum, Devon
-
Bagtor Mine, Islington, Devon
SX 765/752 Ordnance Survey Refs1 adit 350 yards NNW of Bagtor Cottages existed in 1966. In a nearby gulley was also a shaft about 10m deep. Various slag heaps and a caved in tunnel 400 yards west of Bagtor cottages.
