Anyone been in East Jane off the Glyn Valley?

Lozz.

No, but there are 2 shafts you can see from the road. As you go (towards trago) over the station corner bridge (whatever it's called) as you round the left bend and lead into the right, up on your right, above the rail track is a bloody great big fenced off depression with mine shaft signs on the posts.

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=50.454507&lon=-4.647102&z=16.8&r=0&src=msa  Here there is an old shaft with what looks like quite a neat collar. I gather the workings (inc adits) are the other side other the valley. It's one I will look at. There are quite a few holes in the area.

No, but there are 2 shafts you can see from the road. As you go (towards trago) over the station corner bridge (whatever it's called) as you round the left bend and lead into the right, up on your right, above the rail track is a bloody great big fenced off depression with mine shaft signs on the posts.

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=50.454507&lon=-4.647102&z=16.8&r=0&src=msa  Here there is an old shaft with what looks like quite a neat collar. I gather the workings (inc adits) are the other side other the valley. It's one I will look at. There are quite a few holes in the area.

Hi Stuey, My mates sawmill is just to the east of there, from his sawmill there is access to a track that takes you right up to East Jane engine house.
Warning: it's terretorial....
I have known my mate for lots of years we used to cut timber together at that mill he does not like anyone lurking around, if you mention my full name he will be ok alternatively we could organize a proper trek as I can get access no problem.
East Jane (or Jane East) engine house was repointed some years ago, just before you head up the steep track to get there there is some water spewing out of something, I think it might be the shallow adit, further down (south) near the main Glyn Valley Road is another I think that might be the deep adit, North of the sawmill there s somethng else but I have not been up there.
Heading South from the Sawmill down a short lane you come back to the main road, on the other side of the main road is a small road that immidiatley goes under the main line railway bridge, up that road and through a dense forestry plantation is a short steep valley heading back north, at the southern end of that valley is from what I remember is an adit/tunnel with water/ochre coming out, going across that valley and through another plantation you will come to an old isolated clay dry, a friend of mine had a chance to buy that some yeaqrs ago we even went so far as to start clearing the trees only to find out that there was no legal vehicular access, the dry is carved out of the ground so that when you go through the top access door you are more or less in the roof.
I cannot say for sure if any of the adits mentioned above can be got in properly, but I think it would be worth a look as noting there exact locations etc is worthwhile considering how the local council and goodwill brigade tend to obliterate them.
I can explain better when we have a natter, East Jane is I think in one of my HJ books. My mate knows all the woods around there very well so he might know of other remains.

To get to my mates sawmill on that flashearth link you posted:

Open link and find the center ref. cross, just to the north and east is a cluster of buildings, pan East from those buildings on that lattitude and you will come to another set of buildings, that's his sawmill, to the right east of that is a track heading out east and is more or less parallel to the main road, that track can gain access to East Jane.

Lozz

I have been out there.

1 big shaft that is grilled and flooded.

Partial engine house.

Couple of hidden part run in adits

1 Gated adit

It appears a few years ago the council or some other body threw a shed load of money at it, they have now let it grown back in

I have been out there.

1 big shaft that is grilled and flooded.

Partial engine house.

Couple of hidden part run in adits

1 Gated adit

It appears a few years ago the council or some other body threw a shed load of money at it, they have now let it grown back in

Hi tomh, I was last up there a couple of years ago, I drove up to the engine house in that old landrover of mine, from all accounts the repointing cost a bit....!
Next time I speak to my mate in the woods I will ask him if there is anything else around there.

Lozz.

Goonzion Downs at St Neot was properly gated (at serious expense) and I assume the gating project was a biggun and all related to everything around there. It is different to the stuff in Victoria Woods though....

Cheers Lozz, we will all have to meet up and have a proper poke around/yap at some point soon.

I used to do a lot of mine poking back in the 70's I forgotten half of them or even most of them, I remember going on an antimony hunt up around Port Quinn or somewhere round there.

Yes a meet up's no problem stuey at your conveinience, be glad to stop all this house DIY crap...

Lozz

Has anyone looked in at Wheal Glyn in Cardinham Woods? i keep seeing it when cycling but don't wanna tear the lycra climbing through the undergrowth...

Is that the one with the portcullis?

Every time I ride in those woods I get lost.

The engine house has a posh chimney

Lozz.

I have been out there.

1 big shaft that is grilled and flooded.

Partial engine house.

Couple of hidden part run in adits

1 Gated adit

It appears a few years ago the council or some other body threw a shed load of money at it, they have now let it grown back in

Thanks for the info, that's that then unless there is another means of access.
If I had the time I would buy some decent scale maps and record the known locations of shafts/adits of these old mining setts, with a reference note to show the current state of access/remains etc at the present time.

Lozz.

If you want to know any more about East Jane give Edgar a ring, he showed me around it and knows it well.

I personally would not want to wriggle through any of the adits as they look very unstable.

I understand the easy to find gated adit is a dead end.

The grilled shaft is impressive, it is a massive grille and ver substantial. I would love to hang a camera down and see is there is a level off of it before it goes to water.

Thanks, silly, I now remember the shaft grill from when I drove up there last!

Lozz.

It's funny how people draw the line at different levels of dodgy rock. I tend not to and am still here, however at the back of West Polmear adit the other day, I did genuinely think that it was quite possibly burial time. That's where I draw the line.

The "don't touch anything" rule of thumb is pretty sound advice.

It's funny how people draw the line at different levels of dodgy rock. I tend not to and am still here, however at the back of West Polmear adit the other day, I did genuinely think that it was quite possibly burial time. That's where I draw the line.

The "don't touch anything" rule of thumb is pretty sound advice.

Hope you weren't at the site alone..shallow stuff can be very dodgy with all the rain we have had as the tonnage above has increased somewhat, guess we all know that, sometimes the urge to have a go overcomes all sane intentions.

Lozz.

Stuey, after going out with you a few times I think I have a fair idea of how your risk attitude is calculated. I believe that if you saw these adits you would also think twice about entering them.

I will have a dig through my hard drive and see if I took any decent photographs.

I class myself as a very safe caver who knows my limits. My No2 man is the same and when we go with others, they are also. There is no other option given the risks involved.

Indeed, there will always be other places to see so why risk your future to see one dodgy area

and also why risk the safety of others who will try to save you

going that bit further is optional, coming home in one piece is compulsory

Interesting stuff. I was looking through my pile of information and noticed that there are appear to be no plans and nothing in Dines. Things are mentioned on the old maps and Ham Jenks refers to this, often quoting the mining journal.

Wheal Glynn sounds interesting and apparently, Barytes and Lead arsenate and (di) chromate are in there (which is the yellow stuff they do yellow lines with....assuming HSE haven't banned it from being used due to it containing both lead and chromate, which are both biologically hideous! ).

If Wheal Glynn is not/has not been someone's mineral dig I would be surprised. The ham jenks book (around liskeard) is pretty worth having....if you haven't got a copy.

If you're about give me a shout because I'm bored and fancy having a root around in some undergrowth.

Interesting stuff. I was looking through my pile of information and noticed that there are appear to be no plans and nothing in Dines. Things are mentioned on the old maps and Ham Jenks refers to this, often quoting the mining journal.

Wheal Glynn sounds interesting and apparently, Barytes and Lead arsenate and (di) chromate are in there (which is the yellow stuff they do yellow lines with....assuming HSE haven't banned it from being used due to it containing both lead and chromate, which are both biologically hideous! ).

If Wheal Glynn is not/has not been someone's mineral dig I would be surprised. The ham jenks book (around liskeard) is pretty worth having....if you haven't got a copy.

If you're about give me a shout because I'm bored and fancy having a root around in some undergrowth.

Hi Stuey, I'm on the house DIY crap today, am free tomorrow (Saturday) and have transport.

A lot of my Ham. Jenks. went walkies years ago as did my original Dines...mates eh.
The HJ's that I still have are:

Truro to the Clay District.
St Austell to Saltash.
Around Liskeard.
Around Redruth (later copy)
Hayle, Gwinear and Gwithian.

Lozz.