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 Map of the East Caradon Mine in 1863 


From:  
The Geological Map of the Caradon and Ludcott mining Districts 

Produced 1863 by Brenton Symons

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This map shows the layout of the lodes within the East Caradon sett. The sett boundary is shown shaded in yellow and blue, and the blue line waving its way across the bottom of the map marking the junction between the granite and killas. West Rosedown Mine lies to the north, South Caradon to the west and Glasgow Caradon to the east.  The lodes are shown as red lines and all lie within the granite with a general east to west trend and northerly dip. Mark's, Seccombe's, Fawcett's and caunter lodes are named as well as Seccombe's, Engine and William's shafts. In 1863 the mine had reached a depth of 90 fathoms and the building to the west as of Mark's lode was in use as the count house, as marked by the *.
At the time of the maps production the Kilmar Junction railway had not been built and the LCR railway terminates within the East Caradon Mine.

It is the Caunter lode that would provide most of the mineral wealth of the district and this can be traced on the map running through South Caradon, East Caradon and Glasgow Caradon mines.

Plans with more detail  Other sections of the1863 map This map is now available with far greater detail within CD-ROM called.

The Liskeard Mining Area in 1863

The interactive map covers the Liskeard, Ludcott and Menheniot districts with additional information on each of the mines included. Also on the CD-ROM is Webb and Geach's account of the mining industry in 1863, extracts from the mining journal, index of mines and photographs.

 

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On many mine sites in Cornwall dangers may still exist, many hidden.
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