No 4 drifts were back filled sometime after 2021 leaving just general mining debris on site.
There was 4 mines at Danygraig working different areas of the Ynisarwed, No 2 Rhondda and Upper Pinchin seams.
Danygraig no1.
- 1956-60 JG Williams
- 1960-64 Danygraig Colliery Co
Danygraig No 2+3.
- 1963-73 Danygraig Colliery Co
- 1973-79 Joseph Horlock
- 1980-82 Daniels and Hoskin Ltd
- 1982-87 Danygraig Colliery Co
- 1987-93 Three Ds Mining Ltd
Danygraig no 4.
- 1994-2017 (Intermittent working) Three Ds Mining Ltd.
There was an incident in 2017 when a worker was injured by a rockfall because they were using pallet wood as roof supports BBC link
External Links
Publications (3)
- (1920); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vols XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII - Fireclay; Arsenic & Antimony Ores; Refactory Materials, Lead & Zinc of Scotland, Rock-Salt and Brine (5 books); 777 pages
- Booth, A.J.; Industrial Railway Society (1995); Small Mines of South Wales, Volume 2; pp. 34-35
- Cooke, R.A.; Lightmoor Press (2018); Gazeteer of Coal mines in South Wales and Monmouthshire
