A shallow mine on a powerful lode extending as far as Cwm Rheidiol.
Remains of wheelpit and crusher house. Large opencast workings and a shaft.
| Year | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1785 | Opened for mining blende by Thomas Bonsall. |
| 1803 | Probably closed by this time due to lack of workforce, many attracted by the South Wales ironworks. |
| 1856 | Reworked. Visited by Nicholas Ennor writing for the Mining Journal criticising the mine for erecting a water wheel so high on the hill where there was not enough water to turn it. This criticism being largely correct, mine put for sale in November complete with 30ft x 4ft wheel - described as ‘in perfect working order and offering to capitalists and opportunity seldom met with.’ |
| 1860s - 1890s | Mine opened sporadically several times. |
| 1898 - 1908 | Worked continually with crusher house built by Capt J. Owen for New Castell Mines. |
Produced 5,000 tons of blende and some galena.
Located below Dyffryn Castell Hotel.
Publications (7)
- (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XX - Lead and Zinc: Cardiganshire & West Montogmeryshire; 242 pages
- Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; South of Goginan - Part 2; pp. 10-11
- Hughes, S.J.S.; NMRS (1991); British Mining No. 43; Castell & Nant y Creiau Mines. The; pp. 96-117
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (1991); British Mining Volume 43 - Castell & Nant y Creiau Mines, The; 23 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (2006); 30 Years of Prospecting in Cardiganshire; 5 pages
- Liscombe & Co (1880); Mines of Cardiganshire, Montgomereyshire & Shropshire; 52 pages
- 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)
