Cross Vein Mine
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from the plaque mounted on the building...
- Cross Vein Mine popularly known as "Snuff the wind" .
- This mine was worked c1832 - 1881 by the Isle of Man Mining Company, usually in conjuntion with the more extensive Beckwith Mine situated 1.5 mile to the west and it exploited part of a vein of Lead Ore which was temporarily very productive.
- There were two shafts approximately 240 apart, the Engine Shaft and the Whim Shaft - so called because it was originally worked with the help of a horse gin, or whim.
