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Tywarnhale Copper mine, abandoned inclined railway, deep underground in a Cornish hillside.

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UPDATE: do not go down this mine if you don not have experience exploring mines! Do not explore mines on your own ! Always tell somewhere where you are going and your expected return time, and what to do if you do not make a pre arranged call at that time. These are crazy times were living right now, everyone’s a bit on edge. Stay safe everybody.
In this video i solo explore the abandoned workings of Tywarnhale Copper mine, and go and take a look at the inclined rainway which remains are still acessible deep underground.
Tywarnhale mine sits on the north of the valley close to the coastal town of Porthtowan.
This mine started life as Wheal Rock in 1750, renamed United Hills mine in 1809 before becoming known as Tywarnhale mine in the early 1900s, when it started to be used as a training site for the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London.
This mine had one of the first mine shafts in Cornwall to be drained using an electric pump.
Please note exploring mines is an extremely hazardous activity and it should only be attempted by experienced persons with the correct equipment and suitable experience.
It is not recommended ever to explore mines on your own.
Thanks for watching, don't forget to subscribe for future mine videos, we have many exciting projects underway as soon as lockdown is over.

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29 авг 2024

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@MerlinKernow75 8 месяцев назад

I've finally got to go and visit this mine thanks to my sister who just happens to be a mine explorer which was something I never knew.

@willbayliss 3 года назад

Really appreciate this - good for the soul :-) Thanks also for the extra time and effort you put into setting up shots and retracing your path. It makes a big difference to the viewer's sense of sharing your journey through the workings. Thanks!

@neilfurby555 Год назад

Yes I agree, it is a bit like actually being there.

@hens_ledan Месяц назад

Marthys da! Wonderful. Thanks for the tour.

@wessexman1773 2 года назад

Credit to Cornwall you are Ben , excellent so enjoyable to watch.

@BenoCam 2 года назад

Thank you Lee that’s very kind. Plenty of Videos on my channel and a few more good ones on the way shortly 🙂

@AdventureCornwall. 3 года назад

Great video, just a note to anyone using the upper entrance the second set of ladders down is loose.

@martynwatson4929 2 года назад

Upper entrance has collapsed.

@cornishbroski3958 Год назад

I dont think it has, i went down the upper entrance earlier today, unless there is another one I don't know about. But the one I went down is the one with the second ladder (out of about ten) being loose as that's how I knew which one you was referring to

@kevintole7212 3 года назад

Oh my gawd.... I remember mapping here. Star sights... the lot.

@Carolb66 9 месяцев назад

Its like a scene from Poldark! Fab video enjoyed it. Very informative & interesting. ❤😊

@ActionAdventureTwins 3 года назад

Awesome explore guys, I can't believe the coloring in that copper, it's SO BLUE!! Those stopes with the bracing were amazing as well.

@LBrad 3 года назад

Grew up near there and always wondered what it was like underground - thanks

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Cheers glad you enjoyed it

@freedomforever6718 3 года назад

Imagine the noise during the mine's heyday.

@johnterry8890 2 года назад

Hello Ben. Very nice to see the longer version. Very nice tour, thank you sir. Take care and be safe

@BenoCam 2 года назад

Cheers John. Plenty more mining videos on here should keep you going a while if your bored ! 🙂

@aaronteifel9441 3 года назад

Lots of adders in the valley/ land surrounding here

@EXPLORINGWITHMATTY 3 года назад

Banger of a video dude .. would love to link up on an explore some day.. I'm full srt trained. And have all my own kit and ropes

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Cheers yeah give me a shout

@brianwillson9567 Год назад

Wow. Thank you for this impressive view ‘inside cornwall’.

@paulmccarthy6971 3 года назад

Them colours are amazing

@blackshuck1175 3 года назад

Been down there myself it's a cool little mine.

@optimeenergy2869 3 года назад

Proper job 👍 Nice to know what is below us in Cornwall or what is not below us 😬

@davidfultz6483 3 года назад

Nice little tour . Thank you .

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Your welcome. More on the way shortly

@UKAbandonedMineExplores 3 года назад

Those stopes are rather pretty with all the secondary mineralisation :) Need to do me some Cornish mines sometime.

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Give me a shout any time your down, I can take you to better places than this 🙂

@BenoCam 3 года назад

People getting a bit funny about naming locations but they are there for anyone suitability equiped to enjoy

@neilfurby555 3 года назад

Great explore, nicely described....thanks

@shonkytours2039 3 года назад

Wow, thats one of the most picturesque mines I've seen. Looks like a trip from north Wales to Cornwall is a must 👍😊. Never been, and I'm running out of mines up here 😂

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Welcome to give me a shout if your heading down. Thought that north wales was supposed to be full of good mines though !

@BenoCam 3 года назад

I would love to come up and have a look at that mine with all the cars dumped in it, so you know the one ? There is a big pyramid of them going into the water

@wobbo1969 3 года назад

Excellent. Great video

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Thanks glad you enjoyed it. More to come when I get a chance !

@lyamdara8344 2 года назад

Love the blue colours! Great vid. What time do you recommend during the week to not expect any other people?

@BenoCam 2 года назад

A mid week evening it’s unlikely you will see anyone else down there. I have been quite a few times at weekends and never met anyone else down there so far although I do see a few photos of the place popping up so people do visit

@kernow..exp. 3 года назад

Fantastic video ben mate will be venturing down there very soon now should be a video up in the next few weeks

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Cheers let me know if you need any directions etc

@kernow..exp. 3 года назад

@@BenoCam cheers mate I appreciate that yes I will give you a shout indeed

@maggi666 3 года назад

I loved this explore. I dont see a problem with you going in on lockdown because you were alone and experienced. Looking forward to watching your explores.

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Ha cheers Maggie. It seems to have ruffled a few feathers but they will get over it.

@maggi666 3 года назад

@@BenoCam Really? on our Steves group? It seems perfectly rational to me to go if your alone or with someone in your household/someone who hasn't been anywhere!

@BenoCam 3 года назад

@@maggi666 no it was on a Facebook group called Cornish explorers. I have been putting some quite good content on there for years but it would seem the site is run by armchair explorers who don’t want people going out and showing people these mines . They deleted me and removed my link. It’s no problem, I will divert my energy into other pages from now on. 🙂

@maggi666 3 года назад

@@BenoCam I'm thinking a lady called Mar Var puts pics of your copper mines on Steves group, unless they're someone else's.. its a great group your in now! Our Steve is a stickler for safety equipment, which you have in abundance! Hes a great guy with great group of guys he explores with! They're recrntly lost onr good friend to covid.

@BenoCam 3 года назад

@@maggi666 oh that’s not good. I think I have been lucky so far I don’t know anyone who has passed away with it. We are a bunch of keen mine explorers many of us are rope access and cave dive trained, sometimes we downplay the danger element for a bit of comedy value but we are all safe and want to come home to our family’s at the end of the day. I think it’s a pretty crazy time right now. People are turning on each other over the silliest of things . I haven’t left my home for months other than to go to work and I go and film this one lovely day off on my own within cycling distance of my house and people I thought were my friends totally lose the plot over it. I have a good few others planned which for sure are going to ruffle some feathers . So stay tuned 🙂

@freedomfighter-1776 Год назад

Wonder if that blue is copper oxide or copper sulfate the colors are similar and hypnotizing. No idea how some can conquer their fear of heights, that ladder was full on terrifying.

@mowingtrimmingedging214 3 года назад

You Stay Safe!

@fh8698 Год назад

Very rare to find track remaining in an old Cornish mine

@JAYPCARS 3 года назад

Very interesting to see, subbed to the channel! How much weight can that wood actually hold? 😨

@BenoCam 3 года назад

I’m not sure 😮 cheers thou I have a few other good videos to look through

@ivanivonovich9863 3 года назад

I wonder what the quality of the surrounding rock/ore could be. With all the evidence within the mine, why hasn't some company done a study of the possibility of turning it into an Open-Pit operation? With as little as 5-10 % grade it could turn a profit.

@BenoCam 3 года назад

They would never allow that near such a nice village next to the Cornish coastline ! Maybe 50 years ago ... but not now !

@gs425 Год назад

@BenoCam It's not just that, but mainly because most of the ore is far too deep and in near vertical seams. It's not like coal that sits in nice horizontal seams

@loganmccabe5019 3 года назад

Nicely done mate! Lived in Cornwall my hole life and had such a big interest in the mineralisation down here! Would love to see one or two specimens you may have found down there!

@BenoCam 3 года назад

I’m afraid mineral collecting is one thing I have never really got into ! Seen a few patches and know where there are some , but never taken tools to recover any

@mattabbfal 3 года назад

these videos are great! are the stopes natural voids/caves in the rock that are then mined out into much bigger spaces? or are they entirely man made?

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Thanks Matthew. They are entirely man made . The miners chased out the mineral viens or “lodes” some of which made these large open spaces, very often at an angle of between 45-90 degrees but they do vary depending on which mine. The miners call these hollowed about areas “stopes” . In some mines the load was chased right up to the surface. In many of them it continues down well below the water table and so had pumps to keep the workings dry. They had different shafts used for pumping water, hauling ore or man ways that were access points for the workers to access the mine.

@mattabbfal 3 года назад

@@BenoCam thanks for the Response, interesting stuff! it just goes to show how much they mined out when you consider the voids left behind! i don’t know how you dare go down on tiny ropes! 😂😂😂 you wouldn’t catch me doing that! 💩

@Yo_Hahn Год назад

Does the incline shaft ends under/next to the massive stone mashinehouse? You have lots of cool mines there in the UK. ⚒

@zachall9662 3 года назад

Is the portal relatively easy to find? It looks a good explore I love the colour staining

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Yeah it’s not too hard. It’s opened right up now someone’s cut the lock off the top hatch too so you can go through the lot as a one way trip if need be

@zachall9662 3 года назад

@@BenoCam cheers pal I'm up that way this week. I will bring my helmet and gear😁. Great videos by the way 👍

@TonyFisherPuzzles 3 года назад

@@BenoCam Lock is back on the top.

@TheNorthernTsar 3 года назад

Looks like a fun little trek!! Does the incline railway see daylight? How deep does it go? Any idea as to it’s length? How many levels? What’s at the top and the bottom of the incline railway? Any skips still on their rails?

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Hiya , the railway goes right up to surface but there is now a concrete slab with a small hatch that always used to be locked but I’m led to believe is now open . I would guess at it being over 100m in length . There are 2 levels mid way (I think ) no skips , they probably pulled them out and scrapped them 🙁

@jamestreloar1065 3 года назад

Is this the slab that is next to the hut on the surface? I grew up on the estate at the bottom of the lane there. The shaft next to the hut at the top used to be boarded over and have a big metal frame around it. The boards were loose so we used to take a couple up then sit on a plane of wood across 2 metal beams with out legs dangling over the side into the black void below. If I'd known then how far down it went I wouldn't have done it 😬🤣.

@alfiegazzard232 Месяц назад

@@jamestreloar1065 probably kinda late now, but that is locked atm - the door slightly down the hill is open now though, I went down there earlier today

@adamkevern8764 Год назад

Hi. Have you ever worn a giger counter when you go down the mines. Out of interest

@BenoCam Год назад

This one, but we didn’t really know what it was telling us 🤣 Exploring deep into Tresavean Copper mine, Cornwalls second deepest mine. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0A7cF0Eeuu4.html

@BenoCam Год назад

There are supposed to be some very “hot” areas of radiation, particularly down by bottalick and wheal terras up by st austel. They even pulled some uranium out of that one

@adamkevern8764 Год назад

Sure. S Terres is on the web stating that,as people put down testing equipment and certain places was equivalent to a CT scan for a hour exposure. Even the mine entrance was reading quite high. Not sure why people would want to go down there but hobbies are hobbies I guess. Well I've had CT scan so it's relevant I guess. Just don't tell them about the elephant foot .

@TonyFisherPuzzles 3 года назад

I was there today. When you reach that first area full of rubbish from the shaft, which way do you head? I wasn't sure whether to go down low or cross those large boulders from the collapse. I didn't have much time and didn't want to rush it. Thanks.

@BenoCam 3 года назад

Cross over the rubbish pile then a short distance after you need to head down to the left.. underneath a large slab of rock that looks like it’s going to let go at any moment . Then head along past the blue stains and down on your left again through the stoping, down and you will drop into the deep adit.

@TonyFisherPuzzles 3 года назад

@@BenoCam Thanks