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Tin extraction at the location of Wheal Coates dates back to at least the Middle Ages but the first recorded mention of it by name was in 1692. The earliest gathering of the ore would have been by surface scavenging, but by the second half of the C19th mines were being built to delve deeper into the rocks to find the veins of ore. The ruins on the site as seen today date from this late Victorian period, initially from 1872 with later additions in 1880. The site closed for good at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.
The site is administered by the National Trust Link
Various parts of the mine are EH listed, all at Grade II
Stamps House: Link
Old & New Whim Houses: Link
Eastern chimney: Link
Towanroath: Link

The small town of St Agnes is surrounded on all sides by the remnants of tin and copper mining activity, mostly from the C19th and early C20th.
It falls within the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site
UNESCO Listing: Link
EH Listing: Link

Numerous sites within the area are separately EH Listed, such as:
Wheal Kitty (Sara's Shaft):Link
Chimney @ Wheel Kitty: Link
Wheal Friendly: Link
Turnavore Engine House: Link
Turnavore Mine Chimney: Link
Blue Hills Engine House: Link
Blue Hills Chimney & Boiler House: Link
Polberro Mine Chimney: Link
Gooninnis Mine Engine House: Link
Chimney of Gooninnis Mine Whim House: Link