In todays video we are back to mid Cornwall to have another look at the old mine workings of wheal Jane.
Now we have looked here a few times on previous videos, so we are going to quickly push on past the first section and focus on the middle to the far end which has some interesting parts that many people often do not get far enough to see.
West wheal Jane was said to have been in operation by 1740, and worked by various companies until 1893.
By 1905 the mines had amalgamated under the new name of Falmouth Consolidated Mines, which dissolved around 1915.
In this trip we do the full through trip, starting at Tremayne shaft in the far North East and then coming out at Holly tree shaft down at the South West extent of the workings.
At one time these workings would have carried on toward the modern site of Wheal Jane mine but the passageways have now sadly collapsed or the link is now underwater.
As always with our videos, this is intended to be a virtual tour of the mine for you to sit in the comfort of your own home and enjoy, not a guide to follow to attempt to repeat this trip.
This mine has many dangers, and it would be huge operation to extract a casualty out from along this route if there were to even be a simple accident due to the difficult and confined environment.
Almost all the shafts have been capped, and the access points that do exist are on private land who will not welcome unannounced visitors and too many people visiting may well encourage restricted access or more fencing around these open shafts, which are well away from public footpaths.
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More on the way when we get a chance.
29 авг 2024