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Great exploration of Killifreth Mine(Hawkes shaft pumping house). Known for it having the tallest stack remaing in Cornwall.

" Between 1826 and 1860 it was a copper mine utilising shallow workings with the mine joining the Great County Adit system sometime before 1856, although the exact date remains a mystery.

In 1864 the mine was worked under a new company, mining tin and during this period reached a depth of 100-fathoms below the County Adit. Hawke’s pumping engine house was built in 1891 for a 80″ engine that came from North Treskerby mine, although it had worked at Falmouth and Sperries mine previously. By 1897 the bob on the Hawke’s engine broke and the area was abandoned. It was used by Truro Mining School for a while before reopening again in 1912 as a joint venture with Unity Wood mine."

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