Mining in our Area

Cligga Mine – Circa 1939. A scene at the time the mine was re-opened and Contact shaft was brought back into use.

These early operations were conducted on a small scale and any ore was treated by using a waterwheel driven stamps in Perran Coombe. Note the windlass on the shaft in the background.

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