Crownley Parks Mine, Devon
Bovey Tracey: grid reference SX764760
Crownley Parks mine was amalgamated along with Bagtor, Wheal Somerset, Ilsington and Teignmouth Mines into Hemsworthy Mine (otherwise known as Haytor Consols) between 1851 and 1856. It is situated two and a half miles west of Ilsington near Bovey Tracey.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Bagtor Mine (approx. 0.2 km; TIN)
Sigford Consols (approx. 1.3 km; TIN, COPPER & PYRITE)
Atlas (approx. 1.4 km; TIN & HAEMATITE)
Smiths Wood (approx. 1.4 km; TIN & COPPER)
Smallacombe Mine (approx. 1.5 km; LIMONITE & MAGNETITE)
Haytor Mine (approx. 1.5 km; IRON ORE & MAGNETITE)
Hemsworthy (approx. 1.8 km; TIN)
Silverbrook (approx. 2.6 km; SILVER-LEAD)
West Beam Mine (approx. 2.6 km; TIN & PYRITES)
Union Mine, Ashburton (approx. 2.7 km; TIN & PYRITES)
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