Olwyn Goch Shaft

aka Halkyn Mines Caverns, Powells Lode Cavern, Barclays Caverns, Halkyn Lode Chamber, Cornel y Cae Chamber, Rhosesmor Feeder, Wern Sump, Wern Aven, Lode 621 Chamber, Cathole Lode, Lode 716 Cave, Pant Lode Vugh, Llyn-y-pandy Lode, or Halkyn Tunnel Vugh


Lead Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot


North Wales
Hendre
53.20039, -3.19756
SJ 2010 6771
Private Land
165m
#1,054

The Halkyn Mines encountered a number of natural passages and chambers: Powells Lode and Barclays Caverns; Halkyn Lode, Cornel-y-cae, and Lode 621 Chambers; Lode 716 Cave; Rhosesmor Feeder; Wern Sump and Wern Aven; Cathole and Llyn-y-pandy Lodes; Halkyn Tunnel and Pant Lode Vughs

Controlled by GCC Warden. An entrance to the Halkyn Mines.

Publications (5)

  • (1921); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XIX - Lead and Zinc: in Carboniferous of North Wales; 169 pages
  • (1997); CATMHS - Newsletter 051-October; 20 pages
  • Jones, Nigel and Walters, Mark and Frost, Pat (2004); Mountains and Orefields; 208 pages
  • Rhodes, J.N. (1968); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 03-6 - Derbyshire Influences on Lead Mining in North Wales in the 17th and 18th Centuries; 13 pages (339-351)
  • Williams, C.J. (2001); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-6 Win - Mining Laws in North Wales, The; 3 pages (67-69)

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