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Fowey Consols mine is a group of mines in the 
In 1813, these mines, then called Wheal Treasure, Wheal Fortune, and Wheal Chance, commenced working, and stopped in 1819. In 1822, they were purchased by Treffry, and consolidated under the above title. In 1836, Lanescot mine was added to the Fowey Consols.''A Compendium of British Mining''; Joseph Yelloly Watson (1843); p. 51
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Fowey Consols mine is a group of mines in the St Blazey
St Blazey ( kw, Lanndreth) is a small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
St Blaise is the civil parish in which St Blazey is situated; the name St Blaise is also used by the town council. The village of Biscovey and the settlements of ...
district of Cornwall. They were owned by wealthy Cornishman, Joseph Treffry
Joseph Austen Treffry (1782 – 29 January 1850) was an engineer, mining adventurer, and industrialist who became a significant landowner in Cornwall, England.
Biography
Born in Plymouth, Devon as Joseph Thomas Austen, to Joseph Austen (d 1786) ...
. The mines were worked by 6 steam engines and 17 waterwheels. The mines were linked to the port at Par by a canal. It was one of the deepest, richest and most important copper mines in Cornwall.
In 1813, these mines, then called Wheal Treasure, Wheal Fortune, and Wheal Chance, commenced working, and stopped in 1819. In 1822, they were purchased by Treffry, and consolidated under the above title. In 1836, Lanescot mine was added to the Fowey Consols.''A Compendium of British Mining''; Joseph Yelloly Watson (1843); p. 51
Minerals
Fowey Consols is thetype locality
Type locality may refer to:
* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
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for two minerals - Langite
Langite is a rare hydrated copper sulfate mineral, with hydroxyl, found almost exclusively in druses of small crystals. It is formed from the oxidation of copper sulfides, and was first described in specimens from Cornwall, United Kingdom. It i ...
and Rhabdophane-(Ce), and a total of 34 valid minerals have been reported from the Consols.
References
* ''Richly Yielding Piece of Ground: History of Fowey Consols Mine 1813 to 1867'' Jim Lewis * ''History of Copper Mining in Cornwall & Devon'', D. Bradford BartonExternal links
Cornwall in Focus
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Timeline on the history of the mine
Copper mines in Cornwall Industrial archaeological sites in Cornwall {{Cornwall-geo-stub