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A view of 
South Caradon Mine 
 Facts behind the View
 
 
South Caradon Tramway  
SX 274 669 To SX 264 670 

 

 Within the South Caradon Mine sett large amounts of ore had to be transported from the shafts spread along Caradon Hill's slopes to the dressing floors in the Seaton Valley. Once within the dressing floors ore then had to be moved between the various processes and to finally  the Railway siding for shipment to Looe. 
At its peak over 25 tons a day would have required moving from the shafts to feed the dressing floors. The Mine had two above ground tramway networks to undertake this task. One running from the Seaton valley to Kitto's shaft and the other at a lower lever transporting the ore around the dressing floors.
 
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View from the footpath
The line from Kitto's shaft to the Dressing floors
The lines on the dressing floors
Map
Valley floor plan
A 19th Century view
Holmans Shaft Plan
Holman's Shaft
   
From  the footpath the Tram line from Kitto's shaft can be clearly made out curving around Caradon hill down to its terminus near the Yard. Remains of the dressing floors internal network are sparse but an interperation of its layout can give clues to the flow of material around the dressing floor. 

Little is known about the operation of this tramway and it assumed it was horse drawn.The sale of 1885 listed 3000 fathoms of tram rails at South Caradon giving an indication of the size of the network.  
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Click for map of Holman's shaft area
Cobbling on the trackbed as it crosses the mines trackbed near Holmans shaft 
Summer 2001
 
 
 
Although the site appears to be freely accessible to the public it is on private land and no formal right of ways exist.   
Like all mine sites dangers exist, many hidden.  
This web site is aimed as a resource to those using the public right of way and cannnot encourage visitors to the mine workings itself.