Discovered by Thomas Bonsall and profitably worked by several adits, enough to buy freehold within 6 months. Lode said to be 2m wide in solid galena.
1840
Worked by John Taylor & Sons, but this foundred after raising 60 tons of lead.
1856
Mine active, being worked by Matthew Francis, a water wheel and crusher being installed. When under ground results turned out to be poor, the extensive waste tips from former working was processed instead.
1863
Some underground work was re-started under Captain Northey, with 14 people employed on the dressing floor.
Publications (3)
(1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XX - Lead and Zinc: Cardiganshire & West Montogmeryshire; 242 pages
Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; South of Goginan - Part 2; pp. 32
Liscombe & Co (1880); Mines of Cardiganshire, Montgomereyshire & Shropshire; 52 pages
