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Wheal Mexico (Treworthie Or North Retallack) Silver Mine (United Kingdom)


Probably one of the Mines Royal's most extensively developed properties in the county. Throughout the 1580s, dozens of letters were exchanged between Carnsew, Frosse and Queen Elizabeth's correspondents regarding their mine at "Treworthie".

Data courtesy of Ben Sum, Helston (12/5/18)

Further Reading:
M B Donald, "Elizabethan Copper", 1994

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Other location/mapping information:

Latitude: 50.3678705861667
Longitude: -5.11368638097801
Landranger grid reference: SW786567
Easting: 178600
Northing: 056700

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