 He built a new artificial harbour, completed in 1829, at Par, a canal up the valley to Ponts Mill and an inclined plane railway to the Fowey Consols mine on Penpillick Hill.To bring water power to the mine he built a leat from Luxulyan along the west side of the valley.He also acquired the moribund port of Newquay and land and mines in the area of Goss Moor, and planned to link them by a railway system.