One day Nadine & co went to visit a friend so we took the opportunity to follow a walk we discovered on the internet, taking us on a circuit of old mines.
The remains of an old pumping station at Great Wheal Charlotte, with Tine in the background…
…or is it your faithful blogger? (‘Wheal’ meant place of work in Cornish).
A close-up of this photo will show you several other industrial buildings, now abandoned
This was the old engine house, remains of the Charlotte United Mine which mined copper…
…but not as successfully as the Great Wheal Charlotte.
On occasion you can see this odd structure, a ‘filled-in’ shaft complete with ironwork to stop accidents.
Elsewhere there’s just a post signifying a disused shaft nearby. We didn’t venture near!
There was a belief by the Pagan Celtic Cornish that springs were portals to another world complete with fairies, hence the decorations at this one.
We’re on the home-run now and the rain has started to come down…
…but there is evidence of much old industrial activity still.
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