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BENNY Mixed Mine
BROADGATE Mixed Mine
CALLlNGTON CONSOLS Mixed Mine
CORNWALL GT.CONSOLS Mixed Mine
DEER PARK Mixed Mine
DOWNGATE CONSOLS Mixed Mine
Duchy Tin & Wolfram Works Mixed Mine
EAST HOLMBUSH Mixed Mine
EXCELSIOR Mixed Mine
FLORENCE & TONKIN UTD Mixed Mine
HINGSTON SOUTH Mixed Mine
KELLYHOLE Mixed Mine
KIT HILL Mixed Mine
KIT HILL CONSOLS GT. Mixed Mine
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KIT HILL TUNNEL LTD. Mixed Mine
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MARTHA NEW Mixed Mine
MARTHA WEST Mixed Mine
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MARY & FLORENCE CONSOLS Mixed Mine
NEW CONSOLS Mixed Mine
NORTH HOLMBUSH Mixed Mine
PRINCE OF WALES NEW Mixed Mine
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SHEBA CONSOLS GREAT Mixed Mine
TOM Mixed Mine
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TREHILL Mixed Mine
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Excelsior tunnel Tin Mine (United Kingdom)
the Excelsior mine Near Luckett, was a small affair that worked between 1873 and 1884 on far older workings and produced only 5 tons of tin ore.
The Excelsior Tunnel however was driven south-westward from Deerpark Wood towards the North Engine Shaft of Kit Hill mine looking to to connect to this 660 feet below shaft collar and form the main drainage level and tap into the rich lodes of tin and copper of that mine.
Driving of the tunnel started in 1877 and continued on and off over the next 60 years until 1938 when it was finally given up, still about 310mts short of its objective after hitting the very hard granites of the base seams of the working. It is however almost 1km in length and dead straight and it is possible to see the portal from the far end of the working.
In 1959 it was the centre of project Military Atomic Energy Authority operation orpheus investigating the possibility of masking the seismic signal given out by underground nuclear tests. For the full history see here:[link]
The Excelsior Tunnel however was driven south-westward from Deerpark Wood towards the North Engine Shaft of Kit Hill mine looking to to connect to this 660 feet below shaft collar and form the main drainage level and tap into the rich lodes of tin and copper of that mine.
Driving of the tunnel started in 1877 and continued on and off over the next 60 years until 1938 when it was finally given up, still about 310mts short of its objective after hitting the very hard granites of the base seams of the working. It is however almost 1km in length and dead straight and it is possible to see the portal from the far end of the working.
In 1959 it was the centre of project Military Atomic Energy Authority operation orpheus investigating the possibility of masking the seismic signal given out by underground nuclear tests. For the full history see here:[link]
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