A number of adits in the cliff. Boundary between this and Anna Maria 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 |
|---|---|
| 1862 | Barmouth Consols promoted as Barmouth Consols Copper, Silver-Lead and Gold Mining Company. It was decribed as a continuation of ‘the celebrated Anna Maria mine, now producing large quantities if lead, copper and gold quartz’ Trials for gold were made with 1/2 ton of calcined quartz passed through a crusher, amalgamation with mercury yielding 3/4 oz of gold. |
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
