Been reported on many times by, amongst others, @Xan_Asmodi, @Landsker, @The Kwan, @tumbles, @monk, @Moose and @Lavino.
I visited previously about 7 or 8 years ago wth Landsker and remember the visit for two particular reasons. The first was both of us testing (unwittingly) the integrity of a 200 year old false floor on the upper level and the second was the realising that not only Ireland and South Wales have car wrecking shit roads in the middle of nowhere. Back to today and getting sent by work to the middle of nowhere has got advantages as places like this usually are in the middle of nowhere (the road up to the mine is still as shit as ever !!).
HISTORY
Although possibly of some antiquity the mine was certainly one of those worked by the Company of Mine Adventures about 1700 and slightly later by The Flintshire Mining Company. Nothing was done from 1760 until 1853 when the mine was restarted by a partnership of Charles Kirkpatrick and TA Readwin of gold mines fame. They abandoned it within a year but the mine was taken up by two brothers Thomas and Henry Jones who worked the mine until 1869.
In 1870 the mine passed into the hands of Mr Adam Mason who ran the mine throughout its longest working period and was responsible for installing the underground water wheel in a worked out stope. The wheel is still there today but in a partially dismantled state due to scrap merchants removing its bearings about 1910.
The mine was worked up to about 1900, but was never profitable. The main ore produced was copper, although lead, zinc, and a little silver were also produced.
PHOTOS
1. In
2. Wheel
3. Pully remains
4. Rising Main
5. From light...
6. ...to dark
7. Fellowship
8. Shaftage
9. Out
10. Light me up...
11. ...before you go, go...
Thanks for looking !
I visited previously about 7 or 8 years ago wth Landsker and remember the visit for two particular reasons. The first was both of us testing (unwittingly) the integrity of a 200 year old false floor on the upper level and the second was the realising that not only Ireland and South Wales have car wrecking shit roads in the middle of nowhere. Back to today and getting sent by work to the middle of nowhere has got advantages as places like this usually are in the middle of nowhere (the road up to the mine is still as shit as ever !!).
HISTORY
Although possibly of some antiquity the mine was certainly one of those worked by the Company of Mine Adventures about 1700 and slightly later by The Flintshire Mining Company. Nothing was done from 1760 until 1853 when the mine was restarted by a partnership of Charles Kirkpatrick and TA Readwin of gold mines fame. They abandoned it within a year but the mine was taken up by two brothers Thomas and Henry Jones who worked the mine until 1869.
In 1870 the mine passed into the hands of Mr Adam Mason who ran the mine throughout its longest working period and was responsible for installing the underground water wheel in a worked out stope. The wheel is still there today but in a partially dismantled state due to scrap merchants removing its bearings about 1910.
The mine was worked up to about 1900, but was never profitable. The main ore produced was copper, although lead, zinc, and a little silver were also produced.
PHOTOS
1. In
2. Wheel
3. Pully remains
4. Rising Main
5. From light...
6. ...to dark
7. Fellowship
8. Shaftage
9. Out
10. Light me up...
11. ...before you go, go...
Thanks for looking !
