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Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall

Cligga Wolfram and Tin Mine is located on the cliff tops about one and a quarter miles southwest of Perranporth on the North Cornish coast. There is one shaft on the mine sett called Contact Shaft and two adits.

The mine worked in the early part of the twentieth century, and was developed on the site of the British & Colonial Explosives Factory – Later the Nobel Explosives Factory.

The mine was worked again between 1938 and 1945, with further exploration being undertaken by Geevor Tin Mines in 1964.
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  • Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    The geologically complex Cligga Head viewed from the west.

  • Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Machinery footings

  • Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Capped shaft

  • Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Stamps site from the 1930s - 40s working period.

  • Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    My father looks into one of the settling tanks. The capped Contact Shaft can be seen to his right.

  • Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Machine footings in the mineral processing site.

  • Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    One of the buddles installed in the late 1930s.

  • Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Buddles at Cligga Head Mine.

  • Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Ducting believed to lead to a water supply reservoir installed for the 1930s working of Cligga Head Mine.

  • Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Some of the old masonry of the explosive works with more recent brick work of possibly of WWII military origin with the concrete of the 1930s working behind.

  • Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Processing plant foundations - the buildings of Perranporth Aerodrome can be seen in the back ground.

  • Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    This is believed to have been a former tramway tunnel the portal brick work can just be seen which was adapted during World War II to form an air raid shelter for workers.

  • Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Cligga Head Mine, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

    Believed to be the track bed of a tramway which served the mine. Perranporth Aerodrome can be seen in the background.

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