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Wheal Josiah Mine, Devon

Principal ores: COPPER & ARSENIC

Gunnislake: grid reference SX428733


A component part of Devon Great Consols in the Tamar Valley, part of the West Devon Mining District. The mine situated about a mile north of Gunnislake on the eastern banks of the River Tamar. The mine worked for Copper and Arsenic from four main lodes: Main Lode, Middle Lode, South Lode worked from Richards' Shaft, Hitchens' Shaft and Agnes Shaft. New South Lode was worked from Counthouse Shaft. Richards' Shaft worked at a maximum depth of 300 fathoms (1800 feet or 548.64 metres) and was the deepest working on the Devon Great Consols Sett.

Other nearby mines and their main ores

Devon Great Consols (approx. 0.2 km; COPPER & ARSENIC)

Wheal Anna Maria (approx. 0.4 km; COPPER & ARSENIC)

Wheal Emma (approx. 0.7 km; COPPER & ARSENIC)

Wheal Fanny (approx. 0.8 km; COPPER)

South Wheal Fanny (approx. 0.8 km; COPPER)

Frementor (approx. 1.1 km; COPPER)

Bedford United (approx. 1.1 km; COPPER, TIN & ARSENIC)

Watson's Mine (approx. 1.1 km; COPPER)

Wheal Maria (approx. 1.3 km; COPPER)

Ding Dong Mine (approx. 1.8 km)

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