Trungle

[SW 59190 37495] This mine, said to be just west of Gwinear (6-in. Corn. 69 N.E.) cannot be located with certainty. The plan (A.M. R 269 A, undated) shows two lodes coursing about E.-W. From No. 1 Shaft a crosscut 30 fms. N.N.W. intersects North Lode at 10 fms. Adit Level follows the lode from the crosscut for 55 fms. E. by N. and thence for 45 fms. E. by S. Within 15 fms. of the eastern end of the drive are an air shaft and also short crosscuts north and south which enter elvans. Engine Shaft (believed to be that 370 yds. N.N.W. of Gwinear church), 340 yds. E. by N. of No. 1 Shaft is on a detached working on North Lode and from it the 10-fm. Level is driven 32 fms. E. and 30 fms. W. From No. t Shaft the adit crosscut extends 32 fms. S.S.E. to South Lode, passing through an elvan between 20 and 28 fms. South.Lode has been followed for 90 fms. E. by N. from the crosscut, the drive passing No. 3 Shaft at 68 fms. From No. 3 Shaft a crosscut 15 fms. N. meets an elvan. The mine is said to have produced 45 tons of zinc ore, 1.5 tons of lead ore and some silver ore, but the date of activity is not known.

Trungle: Mr Justin Brooke suggests that the description in the final paragraph of p.145 refers to Wheal Trungle. The workings shown in plan A.M. R269A, however, cannot be reconciled with this location and the site N.W. of Gwinear is favoured, therefore. The mine was once a part of Hayle Consols. In 1861 it returned 45.5 tons of zinc ore, 1.5 tons of copper ore and 18 cwt. of 66 per cent lead ore with a little silver. In 1860 and 1861 it raised only 1.5 tons of 73 per cent lead ore. (Beer, K.E. Addenda and corrigenda. 1988). (Beer, K.E. Addenda and corrigenda. 1988).

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