First explore of the underground workings of Restormel Iron Mine. A deep abandoned mine in Cornwall.

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A visit to the underground workings of Restormel Iron mine in Cornwall.
This mine was originally named Trinity mine when first opened in 1797, and renamed the Restormal Royal Iron mine after a visit from queen Victoria and prince Albert in September 1846 where the royal visitors even took an underground tour of some of the workings.
In the most productive years of greatest output between 1855 and 1876 Cornwall never even produced 1% of Britians iton, the area being much more well known for its production of Tin and Copper.
Restormal Iron Mine eventually closed in 1883, with its equipment sold off and buildings removed.
All that remains are a series of open work pits which follow the line of the workings, some of which still have some access underground at the bottom, which we visit in this video.
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@buffplums Год назад

Fascinating Ben for some reason this reminds me of an opening into the cliff at Watergate bay as you walk onto the beach from the car park and turn left, it was on the back cliff face edge about a couple of metres above high tide level. When I first was posted to RAF St Eval in 91 I used to love exploring the area for signs of mining and remember this opening. It didn’t go that far as far as I was aware, probably about 20 or 30m but what was scary was that the whole cliff face above collapsed and totally obscured everything up to about a third of the height of the cliff and just thinking back that face could have dropped at any moment. Like me, I’d anyone had just seen the entrance on visiting the beach for a walk and just taking a nosey in it, never would have been heard from again. Scary stuff.

@aaronteifel9441 3 года назад

exellent top man great videos as ever still think you should be on tv !

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Ha thanks. I think you will find this could be a very limited interested audience! 🤣

@filtonkingswood Год назад

Interesting mine that one. No fear in that young lady, good on her.

@sulray 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing

@therealist3495 3 года назад

Its interesting to see mines that closed in the 1800s because the mining techniques you find them are all old school pre large scale mechanization.

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Yeah I know what you mean. These holes are more impressive when you think they were dug with pick shovel and hand drilling holes for explosives using sledge hammers and hand bits ! All with candles on their heads.

@SueGirling68 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Ben, do you know of any tailings piles I could look for crystals/minerals near St Austell ???. A fascinating look at an iron mine, thank you for sharing, much love. xx

@lostwithiel 3 года назад

Fascinating! Heard the history but never seen it before.

@timwright8785 3 года назад

Another good video from Ben o cam got loads of shafts in the woods st blazey don't know what the mine was called or if anyone has explored it

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Interested! Not done much up st blazey way. So many mine shafts and mine workings in cornwall we really are spoilt for choice

@UncleTreva 3 года назад

awsome

@buffplums Год назад

Really interesting video and such a different characteristic to a tin mine, I’ll bet your hands would stink of the iron as it really does seem to get into the pores of the skin if you hadn’t of had gloves on. State safe Ben and great to see you and your able assistant. Is her name Nat? 😄

@colingilbert2808 3 года назад

Ben o cam I know the ones in pontsmill Woods well. People started digginng there when foweyconsolls closed. Loads small ones but a couple good obes

@jayn4302 3 года назад

yeSSSS

@DFDuck55 3 года назад

I wonder how the Royals got down there to have a look around. I can't quite see them rappelling in.

@BenoCam 3 года назад

I did wonder if they set up some kind of wire and lowered them in a basket etc or made them climb ladders !!

@therealbacon3384 3 года назад

@@BenoCam i believe from things i have read is that they sent them in on a train, supposedly the drainage tunnel at the bottom of the workings leads to the actual entrance which the duchy blocked off and buried over, stu reckons he can get up the 18inch pipe:)

@adamforbes2897 3 года назад

Hi Ben, are you aware of the tunnel going from Swanpool all the way out to Pennance point in Fal?

@BenoCam 3 года назад

I have heard if it but never been down it !

@adamforbes2897 3 года назад

@@BenoCam it's a brilliant and accessable tunnel which can now only be accessed via a manhole cover at the point. But that being said, it's a very simple and relatively mundane one.