Wheal Peevor Cornish Tin Mine Photograph Poster

Wheal Peevor is a collection of disused tin mine workings with several engine houses still standing, preserved by English Heritage and Cornwall Council. It is an atmospheric place close to the hamlet of Radnor, just a mile or two north east of Redruth. Sir Frederick’s Shaft was the main pumping and haulage shaft for the mine and was also known as Michell’s and George’s shaft. This was sunk to a depth of 110 fathoms – 660 feet or 201 meters. It is visible today covered with a safety grille and you can gaze down into the dark depths and wonder at Cornish miners who worked down there to scratch a living from the ground. Wheal Peevor is a relatively modern mine by Cornish standards, being mined for copper in around 1790, as part of the older Great North Downs Mine. The winding engine house at Wheal Peevor was constructed in 1872, following the discovery of rich tin lodes.