East Kit Hill Mine

Introduction

The photograph on this page of East Kit Hill Mine by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.

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East Kit Hill Mine

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 21 Sep 2021

The ruinous and overgrown engine house is on the left and the chimney on the right. It is thought the engine was used to drive a set of stamps for ore crushing. The mine had a short life being closed finally by 1881 and produced some tin, arsenic and tungsten.

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