True Blue


Lead, Zinc, and Silver Mine

Worked from early 19C to 1901

Jan 1st, 2024 from CPAT by Buddle-Bot

Feb 26th, 2025 by BertyBasset



North Wales
Holywell
53.2710075, -3.2325311
SJ 1790 7560
Private Land
220m
#2,022


Worked the ‘string’ off the Holloway Vein, which cuts across the road leading up to Pen-y-ball Top from Holloway Road. The workings can be traced as a line of shafts and mounds, extending from the north-west of the modern covered reservoir and viewpoint at SJ 2802 7584, to SJ 1792 7528, which corresponds to the Sir Edward sett



Publications (1)

  • (1921); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XIX - Lead and Zinc: in Carboniferous of North Wales; 169 pages





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