Johnnnyyy
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13 years ago
I was in Perranporth a few weeks ago, I then stumbled across the news that a young girl had fallen down an adit. I had seen the obvious mine workings and was abit scared to approach them (Perhaps for the best), such as the one in the rock with the cliff steps (Doorway in rock on Perranporth beach with obvious steps). I also noticed the adit the girl had fallen down and definately made it my business not to go into it, but overall I was very interested and wondered if anyone had any pictures or information about these specific adits and shafts.

Mainly because I'm having that "Should have done it" feeling now I'm back home 🙂

thanks alot
derrickman
13 years ago
it's been a long time and the grey cells are faded a bit, but Blue Hills and Turnavore's Shaft come to mind?
''the stopes soared beyond the range of our caplamps' - David Bick...... How times change .... oh, I don't know, I've still got a lamp like that.
royfellows
13 years ago
Hi John

If you go into any mine in that area on this website you can get a list of others in the same area and browse from there.
My avatar is a poor likeness.
stuey
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13 years ago
If you look carefully at the big grille, I think that's a waterwheel chamber and the duct to it is the tunnel which has half fallen away in the cliff. (we were going to ab off the cliff into this but it probably goes to a collapse and nothing of interest). The adit the girl fell down is the only one I didn't go in, due to being unable to get up to it. There are a couple of others which go in a short way and further around Droskyn point, one which goes under the openwork and another which is totally unknown and goes into that big area of spoil with the venting capped shaft (minecap job).

The major adit goes into Perran St George, via Wheal East (which is the valley thing with lots of spoil and capped shafts) and about half way back through that adit, there is a left turn which takes you back under a lot of the Perranporth Mines, including Wheal Leisure (where it's only just under the surface). That's the biggun and the others are just trials, apart from the Droskyn Adit, which I am unaware of where the portal is (either near the waterwheel, or where the girl met her end)

NB:- Trying to get into the big adit is utterly bad news as it's in a massive sea cave which is only accessible for short periods during very low tides and involves a very exposed and hardcore cliff climb on vertical stuff. If there is even the slightest swell running, it will be a totally wet experience. (chest deep at the best of times)
cave strain
13 years ago
The cliff structure with the rocky path up to the door i think used to be a dynamite store for the mines.
If its the same one it has wot looks like a window further around the cliff towards the beach.

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