Perran Consols was a mining undertaking in the dune country north of Perranporth. Its workings included Wheal Vlow and Wheal Widden, with Wheal Creeg also identified in the Geological Survey account. Tin was the principal recorded product of the combined operation.
“Consols” is short for consolidated: a useful clue that several workings or interests were being brought together. It does not identify a single Cornwall-wide company. Perran Consols, Newquay Consols and Fowey Consols were different concerns in different places.
The individual mine entries help locate the workings within this larger undertaking. The broader Perranporth story explains how this industrial landscape overlapped with the later resort and railway, instead of disappearing neatly before holidaymakers arrived.
Where it is
Perran Consols
50.359749, -5.142031 · Position source: https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/memoirs/docs/B01793.html
Historic mine locality from the Geological Survey grid [SW 76615 55815]; not a surveyed shaft or visitor entrance
Visiting and access
A location reference, not confirmation of public access or a visitor entrance.
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