Wheal Kitty is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located about half a mile north east of St Agnes on the Goonlaze Downs plateau. It contains the headquarters of Surfers Against Sewage.

Wheal Kitty
Wheal Kitty is located in Cornwall
Wheal Kitty
Wheal Kitty
Location within Cornwall
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°19′N 5°12′W / 50.31°N 5.2°W / 50.31; -5.2

Wheal Kitty Mine

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The village was noted for the Wheal Kitty Mine with a depth of some 180 fathoms. In ancient times tin was mined in the area.[1] The mine reopened in the 1830s, mining tin and copper ore but was closed in 1842 before reopening ten years later.[1] Two Cornish engine houses and four stacks remain with a 65-inch beam engine constructed by the Perran Foundry in 1852 and installed here in 1910. It pumped water from Sara's Shaft and was reported to be some 950 feet deep.[2] It employed about 220 people in 1914 and closed in 1930.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gamble, Barry (April 2011). Cornish Mines: Gwennap to the Tamar. Alison Hodge Publishers. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-906720-82-0. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  2. ^ Kenneth Brown & Bob Acton, Exploring Cornish Mines, Volume 1. Landfall Publications, 1994
  3. ^ "Wheal Kitty Mine". Cornwall Calling. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
 
The engine house and chimney at the old Blue Hills Mine, Wheal Kitty