Mostly exploited for Arsenic with a little Copper exploration thereafter, Ding Dong mine was absorbed into the Bedford United sett in the 1840s and closed in 1890. It was “Reopened in 1915 and in 1942 produced 1000 tons of wolfram for wartime demand.” (2)
“In 1811 there were seven mines worked in the county of Devon, exclusively perhaps of a few others unproductive: the names of these are subjoined, with the quantity of ore offered for sale by each…
…250 Tons of which came from Ding Dong” (1)
(1) Daniel Lysons and Samuel Lysons, ‘Produce’, in Magna Britannia: Volume 6, Devonshire (London, 1822), pp. cclxxvi-ccxcviii. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/magna-britannia/vol6/cclxxvi-ccxcviii [accessed 30 December 2023].
(2) BOOKER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). HER Number: MDV3888
