Smallacombe Mine Mine, Devon
Ashburton: grid reference SX777766
Smallacombe Mine worked on and off with the nearby Albion and Atlas Iron mines. The mine extracted Iron ore with records showing 8,618 tons of ore at a value of almost £5,000 raised between 1865 and 1874. The mine was managed by W. H. Hosking between 1873 and 1875. The mine reopened in 1917 but closed for good in 1920.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Atlas (approx. 0.3 km; TIN & HAEMATITE)
Haytor Mine (approx. 0.7 km; IRON ORE & MAGNETITE)
Silverbrook (approx. 1.4 km; SILVER-LEAD)
Sigford Consols (approx. 1.5 km; TIN, COPPER & PYRITE)
Crownley Parks (approx. 1.5 km; TIN)
Bagtor Mine (approx. 1.7 km; TIN)
Yarner (approx. 1.8 km; COPPER, PYRITE & ARSENOPYRITE)
Smiths Wood (approx. 1.8 km; TIN & COPPER)
Hemsworthy (approx. 3.2 km; TIN)
Owlacombe and Stormsdown (approx. 3.4 km; ARSENIC, ARSENOPYRITE, TIN & COPPER)
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