Coryton Mine, Devon
Lydford: grid reference SX477851
Coryton Mine is situated about five and a half miles northeast of Milton Abbot near Tavistock. The mine worked two ore bodies of manganese ore from Ladder Shaft and a number of un-named shafts. Between 1867 and 1868 Coryton raised 3,290 tons of manganese ore combined with Chillaton & Hogstor, Lifton, Sydenham and Lewtrenchard mines.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
East Chillaton (approx. 3.4 km; MANGANESE)
Whitstone (approx. 3.5 km; MANGANESE & Ochre)
Kitts (approx. 4.1 km; LEAD)
Wheal Eliza, Lydford (approx. 4.2 km; COPPER & LEAD)
Week Mine (approx. 4.8 km; COPPER, TIN etc)
Wheal Betsy (approx. 5.2 km; LEAD & SILVER)
West Friendship, Mary Tavy (approx. 5.6 km; COPPER)
Wheal Mary Emma (approx. 5.7 km; TIN & LEAD)
Wheal Jewell (approx. 6.3 km; ARSENIC & TIN)
Chillaton and Hogstor (approx. 6.5 km; MANGANESE)
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