Wemyss


Lead and Zinc Mine
Worked from 1861 to 1899

Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot

Oct 26th, 2024 by BertyBasset



Mid Wales
Pontrhydygroes
52.3508148, -3.89135
SN 7127 7421
Private Land
180m
#842


Shared common adit with Fron Goch - the 24 fm level which is just above the road in Cwmnewyddion.

Boundary Shaft and horse whim survive.

Water from Fron Goch via a leat powered a large waterwheel to pump Bell’s Shaft. A subsequent leat conducts the water for further utilisation at Graiggoch Mine.



Usually wroked together with Fron Goch (on the same lodes), although not part of the Lisburne estate.

Intermittently worked between 1861 and 1899, producing 1,274 of lead ore and 2,000 tonnes of blende.


Publications (9)

  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Fron Goch,wmys And Lisburne Mines Workings; 1 pages
  • Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; South of Goginan - Part 1; pp.16-17
  • Bick, David; NMRS (1986); British Mining 30 - Frongoch Lead & Zinc Mine; ISBN 0901450 47 2; pp.6-8,14-15,41,42,46
  • Edwards, Paul and Murphy, Frances (2015); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 19-3 Sum - Managing the Environmental Legacies of Frongoch Lead and Zinc Mine; 5 pages (3-7)
  • Foster-Smith, J.R.; NMRS (1979); British Mining 12 - Mines of Cardiganshire, The; ISBN 0 901450 14 6; pp.68
  • Hughes, Simon J.S. (2007); Pont Ceunant Power Station; 2 pages
  • Jones, Elias and Hughes, S.J. (2005); Cardigan Recollections Elias Jones 1894-1945 ; 24 pages
  • NMRS; Newsletter Aug/1979; pp.2
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1989; pp.6





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