If you visit the museum at Combe Martin you can get a booklet on the local mines. They have a display showing the location of the local mines.
The Combe Martin Mines by Peter F Claughton1992, revised 2003. 34 pp, illus. SB ÂŁ3.25
Combmartin’s [sic] Dark Depth / a pictorial study of the silver mines by Trevor Dunkerley 2006 28 pp, all pages in colour. SB £6.00
Both bought from the Museum in Combe Martin
At Combe Martin we stopped in a lay-by and filmed and photographed Lester Point Adit and shaft NGR SS 575 475 The adit was obvious, but we could not see the shaft. We searched in vain for West Challacombe Mine and decided that in the end we had the wrong NGR. We found Silver Mines at NGR SS 597 467 marked on OS Explorer map OS9. Well fence off with “Trespassers will be prosecuted” signs, so we made do with a photo of the tower/engine house.
Drove onto Kennisham Hill Mine NGR SS 963 361. From the forestry picnic place, follow the path which goes along the hedge adjacent to the road. About 50 yards from the point where the path veers inland from the hedge, an indistinct path can be seen on the right leading into the forest. This narrow track leads after about 100 yards to a clearing with a flattened mine tip.. An obvious very green fire lane can be seen on the right of the site. This is the end of another way to the mine, namely walking down the hill from the car park to a point about 50 yards past the picnic site, where the other end of this path can be seen on the left. Anne found a nice specimen of malachite. Next was Langham Hill Mine:
NRG SS 976 357
http://www.westsomersetmineralrailway.org.uk/welcome/sites-to-explore/langham-bearland/ A lot of work has been carried out, stabilising the base of an engine house and wheel pit. As is was raining heavily, we took a few photos and hi tailed it to the Raleigh's Cross Hotel for lunch. This is the site of the Raleigh Mine.
Cutting coal in my spare time.