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Wheal Coates was in operation in 1802 and worked intermittently until 1889 with a reworking 1911-13. The site is notable for its trio of engine houses for winding pumping and stamping. All three stand in a cliff-side setting.
Wheal Coates is in the care of the National Trust, which has consolidated all the built structures. These buildings date from the 1870s. In addition there is a wide range of mining archaeology surviving amongst the heathland, including an early and well-preserved open-working on a tin lode and an unusual double-bayed reverberatory calciner.
In the vicinity of nearby Beacon Cottage there are the remains of pits where candle clay was worked. This was supplied to the mining industry to fix candles onto the miners’ felt hats.
Wheal Coates is a former tin mine situated on the north coast of Cornwall, England, on the cliff tops between Porthtowan and St Agnes. It is preserved and maintained by the Read further
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