SOUTH POLGOOTH TIN MINE - and ruined engine house. Note the "clay tip" in the distance. The "Great Polgooth" tin mine, a conglomeration of many older mines, had, at its height, 1,200 men working 50 shafts. It was the richest mine in the world at that time. By 1861, it employed 100.  See more on Polgooth under Pentewan section.                    previous/home/next

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