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Basset belongs to the Camborne and Redruth region.
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West Wheal Basset Copper Mine
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Basset served all the following mines/locations:
Basset Tin Mine
Basset Tin Stamp or Dressing Floor
Grace's Mixed Shaft
Lyle's Mixed Shaft
Marriott's Mixed Shaft
South Wheal Frances Copper Mine
West Wheal Basset Copper Mine
West Wheal Basset Tin Stamp or Dressing Floor
Wheal Basset Copper Mine
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Where on earth is this mine?
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Major Mining Regions
Basset belongs to the Camborne and Redruth region.
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Mines nearby (2 km)
Basset Tin Mine
Basset Tin Stamp or Dressing Floor
BASSET SOUTH Copper Mine
BOLENOWE Mixed Mine
Brunton Explosive Factory
BUCKETTS Mixed Mine
BULLER Mixed Mine
BULLER + BASSET UTD. Mixed Mine
BULLER NORTH Mixed Mine
BULLER STH. +W.PENSTRUTHAL Mixed Mine
CARN BREA Copper Mine
CARN BREA AND TINCROFT Mixed Mine
CARN BREA AND TINCROFT LTD Tin Mine
CARN BREA EAST Mixed Mine
CARN BREA SOUTH Mixed Mine
CARN BREA(OLD) Mixed Mine
CARNARTHEN CONSOLS Mixed Mine
Carnkie Tin Mine
CARVANNEL WEST Mixed Mine
Clijah and Wentworth Copper Mine
CLlJAH Mixed Mine
CLlJAH + WENTWORTH Mixed Mine
CONSOLS WEST Mixed Mine
Cooks Kitchen Tin Mine
COOK''S KiTCHEN Mixed Mine
CROFTY SOUTH Copper Mine
CROFTY SOUTH LTD. Tin Mine
Daubuz' Mixed Shaft
DOLCOATH SOUTH Mixed Mine
DRUID Mixed Mine
DUDNANCE Mixed Mine
East Crofty Copper Mine
East Wheal Basset Copper Mine
EAST WHEAL GRENVILLE Mixed Mine
FANNY Mixed Mine
FILTRICK Mixed Mine
FOREST Mixed Mine
FOX HOLE Mixed Mine
FRANCES EAST Mixed Mine
FRANCES NORTH Mixed Mine
FRANCES WEST Mixed Mine
Grace's Mixed Shaft
GRENVILLE SOUTH Mixed Mine
GRILLlS Mixed Mine
HAUGHTON DOWNS Mixed Mine
ILLOGAN Mixed Mine
Illogan Mines Copper Mine
LIMPET Mixed Mine
Lyle's Mixed Shaft
Marriott's Mixed Shaft
METAL WORK (OLD) Mixed Mine
NEWTON MOOR Mixed Mine
NORTH TINCROFT Tin Mine
North Wheal Basset Copper Mine
OLD TYE Mixed Mine
Pascoe's Mixed Shaft
PENHELLIlCK Mixed Mine
PENSTRUTHAL WEST Mixed Mine
PERSEVERANCE Mixed Mine
POOL Mixed Mine
POOL EAST Mixed Mine
Robinson's Tin Shaft
ROCK Mixed Mine
Seleggan Tin Smelter
SOUTH BASSET b Mixed Mine
South Crofty Tin Mine
SOUTH TINCROFT Tin Mine
South Wheal Frances Copper Mine
SOUTH WHEAL FRANCES Mixed Mine
Thomas' Mixed Shaft
TINCROFT Tin Mine
TINNER Mixed Mine
TREGAJORRAN Mixed Mine
Tregajorran Tin Blowing House
TRESA VEAN WEST Mixed Mine
UNY EAST Mixed Mine
UNY EAST CONSOLS Mixed Mine
VIRGIN NEW Mixed Mine
VIRGIN WEST Mixed Mine
WENTWORTH Mixed Mine
West Wheal Basset Copper Mine
West Wheal Basset Tin Stamp or Dressing Floor
West Wheal Frances Tin Mine
Wheal Basset Copper Mine
Wheal Buller Copper Mine
WHEAL GRENVILLE Tin Mine
Wheal Haste Mixed Mine
WHEAL UNY Tin Mine
Wheal Uny Tin Mine
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See Also
Basset served all the following mines/locations:
Basset Tin Mine
Basset Tin Stamp or Dressing Floor
Grace's Mixed Shaft
Lyle's Mixed Shaft
Marriott's Mixed Shaft
South Wheal Frances Copper Mine
West Wheal Basset Copper Mine
West Wheal Basset Tin Stamp or Dressing Floor
Wheal Basset Copper Mine
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Basset Tramway (United Kingdom)
Basset Tramway (SW 6844 3957 to SW 6864 3967)
If the R & C railway was the umbilical cord of the mines around Carnkie the tramways were the arteries within the complex. They were a narrow 1ft 8in gauge and were horse drawn except for one engine that was introduced in 1909. This was a 0-4-0 well tank built by Orenstein and Koppel. At this time the system was operated by Basset Mines Ltd but part of the operation had been introduced at an earlier date.
The engine was christened “Kimberly” after Captain William “Kimberly” James and driven by a Mr. Nicholas.
When West Basset opened their new stamps in the early 1870s they also built a tramway to connect them with the main shafts. This tramway travelled south crossing under the Piece-Four Lanes road just east of Piece where it eventually split with one extension going to Grenville’s shaft and the other to Marriot’s.
In Higher Carnkie the tramway started at the Basset stamps and called at Theager’s, Robert’s, Richard’s and Steven’s shafts before terminating at Samson’s. At some time around 1908 it was further extended to Marriot’s shaft making it about 1200m in length. The tunnel under the Four Lanes has been cleared and reopened. A third line was added connecting the West Basset and the Basset stamps. This entailed tunnelling under the road in Carnkie. This tunnel has been buried under mine dumps.
See also: WEST WHEAL BASSET; WHEAL BASSET; BASSET MINES; SOUTH WHEAL FRANCES: WEST WHEAL BASSET STAMP OR DRESSING FLOORS; BASSET STAMP OR DRESSING FLOORS.
If the R & C railway was the umbilical cord of the mines around Carnkie the tramways were the arteries within the complex. They were a narrow 1ft 8in gauge and were horse drawn except for one engine that was introduced in 1909. This was a 0-4-0 well tank built by Orenstein and Koppel. At this time the system was operated by Basset Mines Ltd but part of the operation had been introduced at an earlier date.
The engine was christened “Kimberly” after Captain William “Kimberly” James and driven by a Mr. Nicholas.
When West Basset opened their new stamps in the early 1870s they also built a tramway to connect them with the main shafts. This tramway travelled south crossing under the Piece-Four Lanes road just east of Piece where it eventually split with one extension going to Grenville’s shaft and the other to Marriot’s.
In Higher Carnkie the tramway started at the Basset stamps and called at Theager’s, Robert’s, Richard’s and Steven’s shafts before terminating at Samson’s. At some time around 1908 it was further extended to Marriot’s shaft making it about 1200m in length. The tunnel under the Four Lanes has been cleared and reopened. A third line was added connecting the West Basset and the Basset stamps. This entailed tunnelling under the road in Carnkie. This tunnel has been buried under mine dumps.
See also: WEST WHEAL BASSET; WHEAL BASSET; BASSET MINES; SOUTH WHEAL FRANCES: WEST WHEAL BASSET STAMP OR DRESSING FLOORS; BASSET STAMP OR DRESSING FLOORS.
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