Mines in Devon

Devon's mining history spans tin streaming on Dartmoor since medieval times, silver that helped fund royal wars from the mines around Bere Alston and Combe Martin, and, in the 19th century, one of the largest copper mines in the world at Devon Great Consols. Devon shared Cornwall's stannary system of self-governing tin districts, with Tavistock among its historic stannary towns. Mining here wasn't limited to metal, either: Beer, on the coast, has been quarried continuously for building stone since Roman times, making it one of Britain's oldest working industrial sites of any kind.

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Mine	Worked	Commodities
Bagtor Mine	1851–1866	Tin, Copper
Bampfylde Mine	c.1420-1530 (medieval)–1885	Copper, Iron, Manganese
Bedford United Mine	1841–1890	Copper, Tin, Arsenic, Tungsten
Beer Quarry Caves	1st century AD–1920s	Freestone
Belstone Mine	1829–1891	Copper, Arsenic
Bere Alston Silver-Lead Mines	1292–mid-16th century	Silver, Lead
Bideford Black Mine	By the 13th century–1969	Mineral Black, Coal
Brimpts Tin Mine	c.1500 (streamworking)–1855	Tin
Cann Quarry	1671–1915	Slate
Combe Martin Silver Mines	1292–1880	Silver, Lead
Devon Great Consols	1844–1903	Copper, Tin, Arsenic, Tungsten
Devon United Mine	From about 1820–1923	Copper, Arsenic, Tin, Tungsten
Eylesbarrow Mine	1814-15–1856	Tin
Frank Mills Mine	1847–1880	Lead, Silver, Barite, Fluorspar, Iron
Gawton Mine	Before 1846–1902–03 (arsenic works)	Arsenic, Copper
George and Charlotte Copper Mine	18th century–1869	Copper, Pyrite
Golden Dagger Mine	worked from 1879–November 1930	Tin
Great Rock Mine	c. 1822–1969	Micaceous Haematite, Iron
Haytor Granite Quarry	1820–1858	Granite
Headon Quarry	c. 1860–Still active	China Clay
Hemerdon Mine	1867 (discovery)–1944 (early workings)	Tungsten, Tin
Hemsworthy Mine	1840s–c. 1856	Tin
Hexworthy Mine	At least 1240–1919	Tin
Hooten Wheals	1240–1896	Tin
Ivy Tor Mine	from 1840s	Copper, Arsenic
Kelly Mine	1797 (first recorded lease)–1951	Micaceous Haematite
Lee Moor China Clay Works	from 1820s-30s	China Clay
Lundy Granite Quarries	1863–1868	Granite
Meldon Quarry	1874–2012	Aplite, Granite
Merrivale Quarry	1874–1997	Granite
Ramsley Mine	From 1851–c.1911-12	Copper
Sharkham Point Iron Mine	c. 1790–1914-15	Iron
Silverbrook Mine	1852–1850s	Lead, Silver
South Hooe Mine	13th century–1885	Lead, Silver
Upton Pyne Manganese Mine	c.1770–Probably by the mid-1820s	Manganese
Vitifer Mine (Birch Tor and Vitifer)	documented from 1750 (Vitifer)–1925	Tin
Watcombe Clay Pits	c. 1865–1962 (pottery closure)	Brick Clay
Wheal Betsy	1740–1877	Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Silver, Zinc
Wheal Crebor	About 1803–1902	Copper, Tin, Iron
Wheal Fanny	1845–1903	Arsenic, Copper
Wheal Frementor	c.1915–1929	Tin, Tungsten
Wheal Friendship	late 18th century–1950s	Copper, Tin, Arsenic, Lead
Wheal Jewell	Late 18th century–Around 1924	Tin, Arsenic
Whiteworks Mine	1180–1914	Tin
Yarner Copper Mine	1857–1865	Copper