Kitts Mine, Devon
Lydford: grid reference SX517846
Kitts Mine, otherwise known as Wheal Reform and Lydford Consols, is situated about half a mile east of Lydford in West Devon. The mine worked a N-S trending lead lode from three shafts.
15 tons of 54% lead ore was raised in 1848, 1849 and 1879.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Wheal Eliza, Lydford (approx. 1.6 km; COPPER & LEAD)
Wheal Mary Emma (approx. 1.7 km; TIN & LEAD)
Wheal Jewell (approx. 3.4 km; ARSENIC & TIN)
Wheal Betsy (approx. 3.5 km; LEAD & SILVER)
Coryton (approx. 4.1 km; MANGANESE)
Baggator (approx. 4.9 km; TIN)
Tor Wood (approx. 5.0 km; COPPER & LEAD)
Devon United Mines (approx. 5.0 km; COPPER, TIN & ARSENIC)
Wheal Friendship (approx. 5.3 km; COPPER, TIN, LEAD, SILVER, ARSENIC & ZINC)
East Chillaton (approx. 5.9 km; MANGANESE)
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