Wheal Jane Tin Mine. Ultimate Through Trip Tour, with team Sam.

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2 жыл бұрын

In todays video we are back to mid Cornwall to have another look at the old mine workings of wheal Jane.
Now we have looked here a few times on previous videos, so we are going to quickly push on past the first section and focus on the middle to the far end which has some interesting parts that many people often do not get far enough to see.
West wheal Jane was said to have been in operation by 1740, and worked by various companies until 1893.
By 1905 the mines had amalgamated under the new name of Falmouth Consolidated Mines, which dissolved around 1915.
In this trip we do the full through trip, starting at Tremayne shaft in the far North East and then coming out at Holly tree shaft down at the South West extent of the workings.
At one time these workings would have carried on toward the modern site of Wheal Jane mine but the passageways have now sadly collapsed or the link is now underwater.
As always with our videos, this is intended to be a virtual tour of the mine for you to sit in the comfort of your own home and enjoy, not a guide to follow to attempt to repeat this trip.
This mine has many dangers, and it would be huge operation to extract a casualty out from along this route if there were to even be a simple accident due to the difficult and confined environment.
Almost all the shafts have been capped, and the access points that do exist are on private land who will not welcome unannounced visitors and too many people visiting may well encourage restricted access or more fencing around these open shafts, which are well away from public footpaths.
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More on the way when we get a chance.

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@incerix2953 2 жыл бұрын

My dad worked wheal jane back when it was open so fantastic to see you guys exploring it.

@DFDuck55 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool being able to do a through adventure rather than having to back-track to make your way out.

@MrShotlighter 2 жыл бұрын

That brings back some memories & didn't think the through trip was still open. I did that through trip about 30yrs ago, with a couple of lads from Crofty. Thanks for the memories. 👍

@Carolb66

What a fantastic trip through an amazing mine. The blue waterfall was stunning, it looked very sketchy in places! but absolutely fascinating & scary to watch! Well done everyone. ❤😊👍

@JohnB-sp1ov

My Uncle was a lift operator there for donkey’s years. Made redundant several times yet never missed a day’s work! Such was the running of the place at the end.

@chrisbatten8

Absolutely Stunning Video Ben.......Really Impressive the way that You manage to traverse the entire route safely especially with Other People in tow.....& Trully Amazing Colours Down there like the Blue Waterfall and All of the other Beautiful Mineral Deposits down there man too......!!!!! Def Just Amazing to See......!!!!!!! And also thanks to the Sharp Eyes of @SamFirthDesigner as a fellow Person from the West Country was Really Nice to Have another Chance to enjoy I ❤ Pasties at

@filtonkingswood Жыл бұрын

Nice one. You make these mine explorations look like a piece of cake but a lot of planning goes into them and a stack of post production. One of my favorites this one. Great 👍🏻 Full marks to that young lady; what a trooper.

@jameseastwood4984

I liked the overlay of the mine on the map, it demonstrated the size of the mine well. We were in the Prospect of Whitby pub in Wapping recently, they have a 200 year old pewter bar top, fascinating to think teh tin to make that would have come from a similar Cornish tin mine.