Evidence of prehistoric settlement is from the name of nearby Roskear, which refers to a fortified site, probably an Iron Age round (farmstead), and there are records of mills in the Red River valley in the 13th-century.

Mining was probably centuries old, with tin-streaming in the valley, when examples of deep-mined copper were recorded from the late 17th-century.
Cook's Kitchen is recorded by 1690, as is Dolcoath, and on a 1748 map, mines are shown at Dolcoath and South Roskear.
A copper foundry at Entral was started by Sampson Swaine and other gentlemen of Camborne in 1754, and Long Close, Wheal Crofty and Wheal Susan were mines operating in what is now the built-up area of Tuckingmill.
The parish also contained what is said to be the greatest of all Cornish mines, Dolcoath and also the South Crofty Mine, which was at one time the deepest in the world as well as being the last tin mine in Europe, only closing in 1998.

William Bickford took out a patent in 1831 for the safety fuse; a device for igniting gunpowder that saved many lives.
With his son-in-law George Smith, he established a factory and in its first year produced 45 miles (72 km) of fuse.
Bickford died just before the factory opened.
Evidence of prehistoric settlement is from the name of nearby Roskear, which refers to a fortified site, probably an Iron Age round (farmstead), and there are records of mills in the Red River valley in the 13th-century.
Mining was probably centuries old, with tin-streaming in the valley, when examples of deep-mined copper were recorded from the late 17th-century. Cook's Kitchen is recorded by 1690, as is Dolcoath, and on a 1748 map, mines are shown at Dolcoath and South Roskear. A copper foundry at Entral was started by Sampson Swaine and other gentlemen of Camborne in 1754, and Long Close, Wheal Crofty and Wheal Susan were mines operating in what is now the built-up area of Tuckingmill. The parish also contained what is said to be the greatest of all Cornish mines, Dolcoath and also the South Crofty Mine, which was at one time the deepest in the world as well as being the last tin mine in Europe, only closing in 1998.
William Bickford took out a patent in 1831 for the safety fuse; a device for igniting gunpowder that saved many lives. With his son-in-law George Smith, he established a factory and in its first year produced 45 miles (72 km) of fuse. Bickford died just before the factory opened.
Tuckingmill, Camborne, Cornwall