An unusually late and reasonably succesfull mine.
Lower adit has underground headrame used for accessing lower level. Upper adit is open, and can be used to access lower level using rope techniques.
| Year | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1880s? | Trials by Edward Edwards of Talybont. |
| 1889 | Mine report published by Edmund Spargo. A cross cut (No 1 adit) had been started to intercept two parallel lodes exposed on the hillside. |
| 1909 | Production takes off under the Scottish Cardigan Company, proving very rich for a number of years. |
| 1916 | Total of 1240 tons ore returned by 1916. |
Situated near where the road up the Cyneinog valley terminates.
External Links
Publications (18)
- (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XX - Lead and Zinc: Cardiganshire & West Montogmeryshire; 242 pages
- (1930); Bwlchglas Poem; 1 pages
- (1982); CATMHS - Newsletter 001; 27 pages
- (1985); CATMHS - Newsletter 011; 23 pages
- (1996); CATMHS - Newsletter 045-January; 36 pages
- (1996); CATMHS - Newsletter 047-August; 30 pages
- (2019); CATMHS - Newsletter 136-August; 40 pages
- (2020); CATMHS - Newsletter 138-February; 33 pages
- Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; North of Goginan - Part 3; pp. 34-35
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (1971); BSA Proceedings Vol VI, No 46 - Mineral Field of Mid Wales, The; 8 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (1976); Cardiganshire - Its Mines and Miners; 52 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (1976); Papur Pawb - Newspaper Snippets ; 16 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (1981); Bwlchglas Mine; 22 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (1988); UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No 5 - Decline of Mining in Mid Wales and Prospects of Revival, The; 10 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (1989); UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No 7, Autumn - Bwlchglas Mine; 19 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (2006); Miner's Lot, The - Version 1; 6 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (2006); Miner's Lot, The - Version 2; 13 pages
- Shaw, R.P. (1982); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 08-3 Sum - Bwlch Glas Lead Mine, Cardiganshire; 6 pages (187-192)
