Holmbush Mine

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Holmbush Mine engine houses
Photo: Trevithick-Holman Archive

An old mine active in the 1600s which produced lead and copper.  This view shows Hichen's Shaft, dating from when the mine restarted in 1876 as Callington United.  The centre building worked the 'Cornish rolls' or copper crusher.

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