West Florida

aka Florida West, Bendigaid, Bryn Crach, or Cardigan South Bog


Lead Mine

Worked from 1840s to 1865

Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot

Nov 6th, 2024 by BertyBasset



Mid Wales
Pontrhydfendigaid
52.2774506, -3.861398
SN 7310 6600
Private Land
185m
#850


Two wheelpits intact, one which pumped using flat rods, the smaller, lower one for crushing. The upper pit is carved out of the rock.



According to Absalom Francis, as many as 5 shafts, all less that 10fm in depth had been sunk in the marshy ground during the 1840s. Results considered promising. Waterwheels installed prior to 1855.


Publications (2)

  • Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; South of Goginan - Part 1; pp.37
  • Welsh Mines Society (Dec 2001); Newsletter 45; pp. 15-17





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