Most westerly workings on the Fron Goch lodes. Remains of pumping pit and flatrod supports. Also small gunpowder magazine.
| Year | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1840 | Taylors start work, noting signs of previous activity. |
| 1841 | Mathew Francis acquires 2 water-wheels from Wheal Jane and Wheal Gwallon |
| - | Two adits driven by the Taylors, shaft with pumping shaft sunk to upper adit. Later, Eastern shaft sunk, but there was not enough ore to justify further development. 2,300 tons of lead concentrates produced. |
| 1889 | Final closure, by which time several different companies had raised a total of 1,000 tons of ore. |
Publications (12)
- (1989); WMS Newsletter Issue 21 Dec; 8 pages
- (1993); WMS Newsletter Issue 29 Dec; 8 pages
- (2000); WMS Newsletter Issue 42 Apr; 8 pages
- (2001); WMS Newsletter Issue 45 Dec; 14 pages
- Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; South of Goginan - Part 1; pp.22
- Bick, David; NMRS (1986); British Mining 30 - Frongoch Lead & Zinc Mine; ISBN 0901450 47 2; pp.7,8.
- Foster-Smith (1979); Mines of Cardiganshire, The; pp. 74-5
- Foster-Smith, J.R.; NMRS (1979); British Mining 12 - Mines of Cardiganshire, The; ISBN 0 901450 14 6; pp.68,75.
- Hughes, S.J.S.; NMRS (1988); British Mining 35 - Goginan Mines, The; ISBN 0901450 33 2; pp.49,71.
- Liscombe & Co (1880); Mines of Cardiganshire, Montgomereyshire & Shropshire; 52 pages
- NMRS; Newsletter Aug/1979; pp.2
- Palmer, Marilyn and Neaverson, Peter (1989); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 10-6 Win - Comparative Archaeology of Tin and Lead Dressing in Britain during the Nineteenth Century, The; 32 pages (316-347)
