Exploring The Great Flat Lode! - Redruth - Cornwall

The Great Flat Lode...

The name comes from the fact that in the 1860s, when many of Cornwall mines that had been mining copper were closing, tin was discovered to the south of Carn Brea. In Cornwall, minerals are found underground in ‘lodes’ just as coal is found in a seam. This lode of tin was eventually found to be two miles long, and was flatter than most, lying at an angle of about 30 degrees instead of the usual 70 degrees from the horizontal, hence its name, the “Great Flat Lode”.

Along the route you will pass by the remains of many of the building associated with the mining, from the large engine houses with their tall chimneys, to other buildings such as the miners dry at South Wheal Francis, where the miners could take a bath after returning ‘to grass’ after their shift 100’s of feet below ground.

Many of these mines have now been closed for over 100 years, but at the King Edward Mine you can still visit a mine that was working up until 2005, albeit as a training mine. The museum here still has its original equipment in working order and tells the story of hard rock mining in Cornwall.

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