Devon and Cornwall Umber Works Mine, Devon
Ashburton: grid reference SX761705
An umber pit situated just northeast of Ashburton. Mining historian H. G. Dines reports that the mine produced 6,946 tons of umber in the years 1873-75, 1880-81 and 1883.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Whiddon (approx. 1.7 km; COPPER, TIN & MANGANESE)
Druid Mine (approx. 1.8 km; COPPER & TIN)
Union Mine, Ashburton (approx. 2.9 km; TIN & PYRITES)
Owlacombe and Stormsdown (approx. 2.9 km; ARSENIC, ARSENOPYRITE, TIN & COPPER)
West Beam Mine (approx. 2.9 km; TIN & PYRITES)
Queen of Dart (approx. 3.3 km; COPPER)
Ausewell Wood (approx. 3.3 km; COPPER)
Holne Chase Mine (approx. 3.9 km; TIN & GOLD)
Smiths Wood (approx. 4.4 km; TIN & COPPER)
Sigford Consols (approx. 4.8 km; TIN, COPPER & PYRITE)
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