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Cappagh Copper Mine (OS 098335)

There are two shafts at this site, one has collapsed to leave a 5ft cone at the top and is full of rubbish. The other is flooded with a barbed wire fence around it. The only significant buildings are a row of deteriorating miners cottages and an interesting chimney. The spoil heaps are small, indicating little output.

The mine was worked before 1819 but little record of output can be found. Between 1863-73 the mine produced 877 tons of bornite (Cu5FeS4) copper ore. It closed in 1874. See Cole's Memoir page 53.

 

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Last Revised May 11th, 2001

 

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