The Basset mines were to the south of Camborne in the parish of Illogan, on the North west side of Carn Brea.

[4] This is a large tin deposit to the south of Carn Brea that is tilted at an average angle of about 32 degrees.

[5] A massive pumping engine house was built at Pascoe's Shaft at South Wheal Frances.

It held an 80 inches (2,000 mm) engine, the largest that the St Austell Foundry ever built, that was started in 1888.

[11] Boundary disputes caused by miners accidentally crossing into the sett of a neighbouring mine were resolved by the merger.

[3] After the merger the ore was hoisted at South Wheal Frances and crushed and dressed at West Basset stamps about 1 mile (1.6 km) away.

[10] Between 1896 and 1899 a major refurbishment of the South Wheal Frances shaft was undertaken, enabling mining down to 6,000 feet (1,800 m).

[4] By 1900 the Basset Mines manager was no longer able to get the skilled labour need to work the buddles and proposed using vanners[a] in their place.

[13] Basset Mines shut down in December 1918 due to a slump in the price of tin after the end of World War I (1914–18).

The 7.5 miles (12.1 km) Great Flat Lode Trail leads around all the major mines in the Camborne-Redruth area, making a circuit of the Carn Brea granite hill, with many information boards explaining the sites.