Bedford United Mine
Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
Bedford United was one of the largest copper mines in Devon, worked between 1841 and 1890.
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Bedford was an amalgamation of several smaller workings, including:
- Delves Kitchen
- Ding Dong
- South Bedford
- Wheal Marquis / Marquis lode
- Wheal Tavistock
South Bedford later became part of the East Gunnislake and South Bedford Mine.
It produced copper, tin, tungsten and arsenic, at various different times.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-1557.html
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-5001.html
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-210506.html
If you are interested in other minerals from nearby locales, we may have stock from the following locations.
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- Bedford Consols, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon
- Bedford United Mine, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon
- Belstone Consols, Belstone, West Devon, Devon
- Bere Alston Mines, Bere Ferrers, West Devon, Devon - including South Tamar Consols
- Brent Hill Outcrop, South Brent, South Hams District, Devon
- Devon Great Consols, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon
- East Tamar Consols, Bere Alston Mines, Bere Ferrers, West Devon, Devon - including Furzehill Mine, Lockridge Mine.
- George and Charlotte Mine, Devon and Cornwall United Mines, Gulworthy, Devon
- Great Rock Mine, Hennock, Teignbridge, Devon
- Haytor Mine, Ilsington, Teignbridge, Devon
- Hemerdon Tungsten Mine, Sparkwell, Devon - formerly Hemerdon Mine, Drakelands Mine, Hemerdon Bal
- High Down Quarry, West Buckland, Devon
- Ivy Tor Mine, Belstone, West Devon, Devon
- Kingswood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon
- Littleham Bay, Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon
- Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, Devon
- New England Quarry, Yealmpton, Devon
- Peak Hill, Sidmouth, East Devon, Devon
- South Bedford Mine, Gulworthy, Devon
- Sydenham and Lee Wood mine, Sydenham Damerel, West Devon, Devon
- Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland, Devon
- Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teignbridge, Devon
- Whitestone Quarry, Bovey Tracey, Teignbridge, Devon
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