Cappagh Mine (Cappaghglass; Audley; Great Cappagh), Audley Mines, Ballydehob, Mizen Peninsula, Cork County, Munster, Irelandi

Regional Level Types
Cappagh Mine (Cappaghglass; Audley; Great Cappagh)	Mine
Audley Mines	Group of Mines
Ballydehob	- not defined -
Mizen Peninsula	Peninsula
Cork County	County
Munster	Province
Ireland	Country

Irish Grid ref: V992322

Main are of mining centred on ITM 498927 532495

Substantial Victorian era copper mine worked intermittently from 1814-1874 with peak operations taking place in the period 1826-1831 under the ownership of the Mining Company of Ireland. The mine had a total recorded output of around 2,500 tons of ore and reached a maximum depth of 220m.

Some sparsely mineralised spoil can be found in the ditches and scattered around the site.

There is little to be seen today with most, if not all of the shafts having been in-filled. There is a row of deteriorating miners cottages and the stump of a chimney stack. The stack was probably built in 1862 coinciding with the reopening of the mine and was once 20m in height but was destroyed by a lightning strike in February 2002.

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Production Statistics for Cappagh Mine 1816-1873*

Year Tons (Ore) %Cu Value (£) Average Copper Standard (£) 1816 37 ? ? 99 1817 36 ? ? 109 1818 27 ? ? 135 1819 ? ? ? 128 1820 30 ? ? 114 1821 57 ? ? 103 1822 33 ? ? 104 1826 60 18% 1163 123 1827 387 (448**) 12% 3858 106 1828 203 ~11% 2580 112 1829 359 ~14% ~3880 110 1830 367 ~14% ~3500 106 1831 152 ~14% 1406 100 1832 11 ~14% 110 100 Abandoned 1863 164 10% 1350 119 1864 178 10% 1591 128 1865 180 11% 1678 123 1866 132 10% 965 109 1867 91 18% 1151 110 1872 97 15% 1234 120 1873 35 9% 220 103 Closure Total (recorded) 2636 Avg. ~%13 £24686

*Gaps in the data likely indicated stoppages in production and changes in mine ownership. However in some cases there is simply an absence of data for particular periods (specifically 1814-1820). The majority of this data was compiled based on Robert Hunt's Mineral statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
** Cole, G.A.J (1922) - Memoirs of Localities of Minerals of Economic Importance and Metalliferous Mines in Ireland, p.53 gives an output of 448 tons in 1827

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