Whiteworks Mine
| Parish, NGR & OD | Lydford: SX 613 710 (central workings): 360m (central) |
| Titles worked under: | White Works Mines (1786-1808); Whiteworks Bounds (1811); White Works Tin Mines (1818-19); Wheal Industry (1848); Whiteworks Mine (1856-57); White Works Mining Co. Ltd (1868-71); ; White Works Tin Mining Co. Ltd. (1872) ; Whiteworks Tin Mining Co. Ltd. (1871-74); New Whiteworks Tin Mining Co. Ltd. (1874-76); |
| Periods of working: | Worked on and off between the 18th and 19th centuries. |
| Lessee's, terms & dues | Duchy at 1-20th dues. (1871-74) The “spirited proprietors” included Henry Barton of Brimpts House. (1868-71) |
| Minerals extracted: | Cassiterite (tin ore) |
| Named shafts, adits, lodes etc: | Too many to mention here. (Will attach Abandoned Mine Plan later) |
| Committee & management: | Committee's too numerous to mention here: Captain James Dennis (1818-19); Captain S. Thomas (1855); Captain William Heath (1856); Captain John Rosewarne (1870); Captain .. Skewis (1870); Captain John Simmons (1872); |
| References: | H. G. Dines The Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England. Vol. II p.730. 1956: A.K. Hamilton Jenkin Mines of Devon. pp. 49, 50. 2005. J. Robins Follow the Leat. pp. 109-119. 1982. Brooke Index, Exeter Reference Library. |