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Botallack Mine

Botallack Mine (Cornish: Bostalek) is located near the village of Botallack near St. Just, Cornwall. The mine site is now in the care of the National Trust. Part of the site appeared in both the 1970s and 2015 drama series of Poldark. In the recent series much of Botallack appeared as Grambla Mine. It is located close to Wheal Owles which featured as Wheal Leisure in the same series.
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  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Stack of Carn Whim engine house with the Arsenic Calciner Stack in the back ground.

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Stack of Carn Whim engine house with the Arsenic Calciner Stack in the back ground.

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Botallack viewed from the stack of Carn Whim just visible on the right. The engine house has long been demolished. Carn Whim operated the Wheal Cock Skip Shaft nearly half a mile a way.

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Botallack viewed from the stack of Carn Whim just visible on the right. The engine house has long been demolished. Carn Whim operated the Wheal Cock Skip Shaft nearly half a mile a way.

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    View from the loadings of the Wheal Cock whim engine towards Skip Shaft which can be seen in the distance. The whim which is believed to have operated between 1892 and 1894/5 hauled from Engine Shaft further down the cliff face.

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Concrete loadings of the Wheal Cock section whim which is believed to have operated between 1892 and 1894/5 hauling from Engine Shaft further down the cliff face beyond skip shaft.

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Concrete loadings of the Wheal Cock section whim which is believed to have operated between 1892 and 1894/5 hauling from Engine Shaft further down the cliff face beyond skip shaft.

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    View from Wheal Cock to Higher Levant

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    View towards Levant Mine from Wheal Cock

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Wheal Cock Skip Shaft

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Wheal Cock - building remains

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

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  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    View from Wheal Cock towards Levant Mine whose stacks can be seen in the distance.

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    The new collar and grill installed on Skip Shaft at the Wheal Cock section in 1993. This shaft had a towering head gear which was reported to sway alarmingly in this most exposed position.

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Wheal Cock section the loadings of the Engine Shaft whim can be seen right of centre whilst below can be seen the capped Skip Shaft. The Engine Shaft, was further down the cliff. The head gear at Wheal Cock Skip Shaft was a towering affair which it is reported swayed alarmingly at this headland location.

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

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  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Allen's Shaft headgear viewed from the road leading to the Wheal Cock section.

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Allen's Shaft headgear seen from Grylls Bunny.

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Allen's Shaft headgear seen from Grylls Bunny.

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Allen's Shaft Headgear - erected but never completed in the 1980s

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Allen's Shaft Headgear - erected but never completed in the 1980s

  • BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall, UK - March 26, 2018

    Allan's Shaft headgear erected but never completed in the 1980s.

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