A number of adits in the cliff. Boundary between this and Barmouth Consols uncertain, Anna Maria likely to be limited to two adits joined by a winze.
According to Ifor Higgon, author of Ifor Higgon’s Cambrian Diary
five adits can now be seen near the railway over a distance of three or four hundred yards. From south to north No. 1, 3 and 4 are longest, each about 27 fathoms; No. 4 is brick vaulted for most of the way and No. 3 is railed over for a considerable distance. The 25 inch Ordnance map of 1887 marks No. 2 as a manganese trial and No. 1 takes the form of a narow opn-cut on a quartz vein with a little galena.
See JNCC linked url for discussion of mineralisation and the goldbelt suite.
| Year | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1856 | Passed into hands of Captain J.R. Floyd who raised some copper and lead. |
| 1857 | Promotion in Mining Journal goes ‘there are seven champion lodes in the sett beside the one they are now working on, which is 4 1/2 feet wide composed of copper ore and silver-lead. Water power in abundant an sufficient to work the mine 200 fathoms under sea level … The necessary machinery for crushing and dressing the ore is now in course of erection.’ |
| 1861 | A Mining Journal reports states ‘At Anna Maria very little is being done. It is worked under the management of Mr Simpson’. |
In the later half of the 19C the Aberdyfi to Baramouth Railway was built along the cliffs, and to faciliate drainage and access, this meant that the mine portals were extended in brickwork tunnels under the railway.
External Links
Publications (1)
- Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; West Montgomeryshire, Aberdovey, Dinas Mawddwy & Llangynog - Part 5; pp. 11-12
