Whiddon Mine, Devon
Ashburton: grid reference SX757721
Wheal Whiddon lies about 1.5 miles northwest of Ashburton. The mine aimed to extract tin, copper and manganese from a number of un-named lodes. It is reported to have been at work between 1836 and 1837 and again in 1849 but there are no records of ore output.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Druid Mine (approx. 1.3 km; COPPER & TIN)
West Beam Mine (approx. 1.5 km; TIN & PYRITES)
Union Mine, Ashburton (approx. 1.6 km; TIN & PYRITES)
Devon and Cornwall Umber Works (approx. 1.7 km; UMBER)
Owlacombe and Stormsdown (approx. 1.8 km; ARSENIC, ARSENOPYRITE, TIN & COPPER)
Smiths Wood (approx. 3.1 km; TIN & COPPER)
Ausewell Wood (approx. 3.1 km; COPPER)
Holne Chase Mine (approx. 3.4 km; TIN & GOLD)
Sigford Consols (approx. 3.5 km; TIN, COPPER & PYRITE)
Bagtor Mine (approx. 3.8 km; TIN)
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