Ding Dong Mine
There is thought to have been a mine on the site from ancient times but the visible remains including the engine house are from the 19th Century. The engine house - known as Greenburrow pumping house - was built in 1865. By the 1870s the mine was employing over 200 people. The tin price crashed in the mid 1870s and after failing to be sold at auction, the mine closed in 1877. In 1911, following a rise in the price of tin, pieces of ore from the mine dumps were re-worked and over 50 tons of tin concentrate were recovered by 1915.
On walks
- Carn Galver to M�n-an-Tol (5.5 mile walk)
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