Buildings
Elsewhere on the site, but not currently open to the public are:
- The mine office - the only 'Count House' in Cornwall still used for the purpose for which it was built in the 1860s.
- The timber framed and panelled Survey Office - a classic structure of which no other examples remain in Cornwall.
- The carpenters' shop, blacksmith's shop, vanning room and the original miners 'dry'.
- The cobbled 'spalling' floor, which probably dates from about 1865 when the mine was predominantly a copper producer, which is one of the better examples remaining in Cornwall.
Read more about this topic: King Edward Mine
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