Cook's Kitchen Mine
Introduction
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Cook's Kitchen Mine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 28 Apr 2011
There are two engine houses that served Chappel's Shaft. The visible one is the pumping engine house with a detached stack that has lost its brick upper section. This housed a 50 inch engine in 1838 that was recylinderd to 55 inch in 1872. Behind this is the house for the 26 inch whim dating from about 1860 and this retains a chimney with a brick section. The mine was named after a miner (Cook) who discovered a copper lode as wide as his kitchen. The mine initially mined copper and later tin.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.219209
Longitude
-5.274741