Botallack Mine

 

Wheal Cock ladder way
Photo: W. E. Sevier Collection

Before the surface at Wheal Cock was stabilised and the shaft repaired, access to the adit was by this 290-foot long ladder road.  A group of five miners can (just) be made out in this photograph just above the staging, one with his back to the ladder, posing with his hands on his lapels.