Peter,
I have the following info if it's any use:-
Caton Copper And Silver-Lead Mine ;South Hams, Devon. SX 64?/54? ;1850,
1860;Copper, Silver;Adit
Ivybridge Consols ;South Hams, Devon. SX 647/551 ;1840, 1850,
1860;Silver;Shafts
regards
Bob
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From: Peter Claughton <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: Filham (Ivybridge Consols) and Caton mines, Devon.
> I've had a request, from an A level archaeology student in Plymouth, for
> information on lead/silver mines near Ivybridge in Devon. The mines are
> those at Filham (best known as Ivybridge Consols) and Caton. In
particular,
> information is requested on surface layout, the availability of plans and
> employment records.
>
> I've point the student to the standard works - A K Hamilton Jenkin, Mines
of
> Devon: Volume 1, the Southern Area, (London, 1974), and Dines, H. G., The
> Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, 2 vols., (2nd edn.,
> London, 1969, addenda and corrigenda, 1988) - and the abandonment plans in
> the Devon Record Office.
>
> Has any member any specific information on the mines which might help?
>
> Peter
>
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