Pibble

High up in the hills above Creetown stand the remains of the Pibble mine which produced lead and a small amount of copper in the 1840s and early 1850s. The enginehouse is supposed to have accommodated a pumping engine supplied to the Creetown Copper & Lead Mining Co in 1852 by Hodges' St Austell Foundry. However, there is evidence on the site that suggests that the works were not completed and it may be that the fine building was erected more to persuade investors of the substantial nature of the undertaking rather than to meet any actual pumping rquirement.

Sadly, the bob wall has collapsed into the shaft and the remaining walls will not last too much longer.