Wheal Maid (nke a na-akpọkwa Wheal Maiden) bụ ebe a na-egwupụta ihe n'oge gara aga na mba Camborne-Redruth-St Day Mining District, 1.5 km n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke St Day.[1]

N'etiti afọ 1800 nakwa n'afọ 1840, a na-ekwu na uru ya ruru £ 200,000.[2] N'afọ 1852, e jikọtara ebe a na-egwupụta ihe na Poldice Mine na Carharrack Mine ma rụọ ọrụ dị ka St Day United mine.[3] N'ime afọ 1970 nakwa n'afọ 1980, a gbanwere ebe a na-egwupụta ihe n'ime ala ka ọ bụrụ nnukwu ọdọ mmiri ma jiri ya mee ihe dị ka isi maka ebe abụọ ọzọ a na-egwu ihe n'akụkụ: Ugwu Wellington na Wheal Jane.[4][5]

E nwere aro na enwere ike iji ebe a na-egwupụta ihe dị ka ebe a na'ebe a na-ekpofu ahịhịa maka ihe mkpofu si New York na ụlọ ọrụ ọkụ eletrik nke ga-emepụta ihe ruru megawatts 40 nke ọkụ eletrik; ndị bi n'ógbè ahụ na Cornwall County Council, na Doris Ansari, onye isi oche nke kọmitii atụmatụ kansụl ahụ, na-ekwu na echiche ahụ "eyighị ka ihe dị mma nyere maka Cornwall.[6]

Gwennap District Council zụrụ saịtị ahụ n'aka Carnon Enterprises na ọnụahịa ruru £ 1 n'afọ 2002.[7] Nnyocha nke Ngalaba Na-ahụ Maka Gburugburu Ebe Obibi nke kwubiri n'afọ 2007 chọpụtara na ala dị nso n'ebe a na-egwupụta ihe nwere oke arsenic, ọla kọpa na zinc na site n'afọ 2012, a na-ewere ya dị ka ihe dị ize ndụ maka ọrụ mmadụ.[4][8]

Ebe a na-egwupụta ihe na-enweta nlebara anya n'oge ọkọchị mgbe ọdọ mmiri ahụ kpọnwụrụ ma hapụ ntụpọ na-egbuke egbuke n'akụkụ olulu na àkwà.[9][10][11]

Ogbugbu 2014

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N'afọ 2014, otu nwoke dị afọ iri asaa na abụọ (72) si Falmouth nwụrụ n'ebe ahụ mgbe ihe e chere na mbụ na ọ bụ ihe mberede ịnyịnya ígwè.[12] E mechara chọpụta na e gburu nwoke ahụ.[13] A mara onye dị afọ 34 ikpe ma maa ya ikpe ndụ ya niile na ije ozi ọ dịkarịa ala afọ 28 n'ihi ọnwụ nwoke ahu.[14]

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  2. Wheal Maid Mine, Cornwall. Cornwall Calling. Retrieved on 25 March 2020.
  3. Wheal Maid. Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved on 25 March 2020.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ivall (7 November 2007). Waste tip is contaminated. Falmouth Packet. Retrieved on 24 March 2020.Ivall, Steven (7 November 2007).
  5. History Of Mount Wellington Mine up until 2006. Mount Wellington Mine. Retrieved on 24 March 2020.
  6. Michael Morris. "Cornwall gets ready to fight New York rubbish", The Guardian, 31 May 1988, p. 4. Retrieved on 11 June 2022.
  7. Wheal Maid. Gwennap Parish.net. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved on 24 March 2020.
  8. Watson (26 June 2012). Polluted legacy: Repairing Britain's damaged landscapes. BBC. Retrieved on 24 March 2020.
  9. Nsubuga (6 August 2018). The heatwave has turned parts of Cornwall into a Martian wasteland. Metro. Retrieved on 24 March 2020.
  10. Mount Wellington Tailings. Cornish Mine Images. Retrieved on 25 March 2020.
  11. Wheal Maid Lagoon Photograph by Stephen Booth. Saatchi Art. Retrieved on 25 March 2020.
  12. Man's body found in Wheal Maid mine in Cornwall. BBC (19 January 2014). Retrieved on 24 March 2020.
  13. Wheal Maid death cyclist David Alderson 'was murdered'. BBC (29 January 2014). Retrieved on 25 March 2020.
  14. UPDATE: Mine Murder: Man Jailed For Life. Pirate FM (21 May 2015). Retrieved on 25 March 2020.