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Lead
Lead (pronounced /ˈlɛd/, led) is a main-group element with symbol Pb (Latin: plumbum) and atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal, also considered to be one of the heavy metals. Lead has a bluish-white color when freshly cut, but tarnishes to a dull grayish color when exposed to air....
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Cwmystwyth Mines
Cwmystwyth mines are located in Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales.
Cwm Ystwyth is considered the most important non-ferrous metal mining site in Wales providing a premier example of mining heritage in Ceredigion. Within the site there is evidence for...
Bedford and Gawton Mine
SX 455/691 OS Ref. Bere Alston, Devon, England
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 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....
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,...
Adams
Adams Mine, Christow, Devon
