Extensive dumps. 250fm deep adir. Incline, shaft other adits and opencuts.
Despite the deep adit, never linked underground to Henfwlch.
| Year | Activity |
|---|---|
| c1620 | Two lodes exploited by Sir Hugh Myddleton under the name Caninog or Bwlch Caninog. |
| 1702 | William Waller and the Mine Adventurers take on the mine, several hundred tons of lead ore being raised. |
| c1800 | Job Sheldon & Co reputadly made very good profit. Also at the east part of the sett, worked the same lode as Henfwlch |
| 1850 | Mining Company of Wales start deep adit driven under, and well beyond Hafan and under Henfwlch. |
| 1853 | Adit continued by Hafan and Henfwlch Co with Chairman James Stride, and MIchael Barbery managing operations. Davies Shaft sunk below shallow adit to meet a rise from deep adit. Pumping wheel and leat for sinking below deep adit built. |
| 1854 | With no improvement in Hafan or Henfwlch, company folds. |
| 1856 | Both mines working under a Captain Hughes. |
| 1864 | Another company takes possession. 4 men driving deep adit. Sheldon’s shaft repaired. |
| 1867 | By 1867 600 tons of lead ore sold - mainly from Henfwlch. |
| 1889/90 | Mines opened sporadically over previous years, 17 tons sold 89/90 |
External Links
Publications (7)
- (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XX - Lead and Zinc: Cardiganshire & West Montogmeryshire; 242 pages
- Anon; Hafan-Henfwlch; 1 pages
- Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; North of Goginan - Part 3; pp. 46
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (1976); Cardiganshire - Its Mines and Miners; 52 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (1981); Bwlchglas Mine; 22 pages
- Naylor, Peter (1981); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 08-1 Jun - Sir Hugh Myddelton The First Mines Adventurer; 6 pages (54-59)
- Shaw, R.P. (1982); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 08-3 Sum - Bwlch Glas Lead Mine, Cardiganshire; 6 pages (187-192)
