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 atempts to get stream tin in about 1952.

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Lowest Depth:

  • 300 m (984 ft )

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Date Closed:

  • 1877

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