In this video we explore the sea cave and mine workings of Wheal Coates on the North Cornish Coast.
Wheal Coates was started around 1802 and finally shut for good in 1914, and in its peak employed more than 70 people raising both copper and tin.
The main engine house here is Towanroath pumping engine house which once reached a depth of over 600ft (180m) and the workings even extended out under the sea, although the majority of this is now obviously deeply underwater.
We looked at these workings years ago by abseiling in on ropes from above into the massive sea cave, which at the end led to a very small drainage hole into the workings of which was pouring out freezing mine water from the workings above.
From the amount of volume coming out it was suggesting that this was draining quite a sizeable area of abandoned workings, so we had always planned a revisit in some wet gear to see how far into the mine we could actually go.
Sadly the workings don’t lead to anything amazing, but it’s still an interesting and fun trip.
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