Walkhampton Consols Mine, Devon
Walkhampton: grid reference SX527698
Otherwise known as Wheal Rose, Walkhampton Consols mine lay half a mile east of Horrabridge near Yelverton. The mine worked two lodes: North Lode and South Lode from Yeoman's Shaft. There are no records of output and the mine closed about 1860.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
East Wheal George (approx. 0.5 km; COPPER)
Willsworthy Mine (approx. 0.9 km; COPPER, SILVER & COBALT)
Sortridge Consols (approx. 1.3 km; COPPER, Tin & Arsenic)
North Wheal Robert (approx. 1.3 km; COPPER, TIN & LEAD)
East Wheal Robert (approx. 1.3 km; COPPER, TIN & LEAD)
Furzehill (approx. 1.4 km; LEAD, SILVER, TIN & FLUORSPAR)
Wheal Franco (approx. 1.9 km; COPPER)
Walkham United (approx. 3.5 km; COPPER & TIN)
Walkham and Poldice (approx. 3.5 km; COPPER, LEAD & TIN)
Yeoland Consols (approx. 3.7 km; TIN)
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