Drws y Coed

aka Bettws y Coed


Copper Mine

Worked from 13C to 1920

Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot

Jan 13th, 2025 by TomFerry



Drwsycoed Copper Mine
North Wales
Drws y Coed
53.0581551, -4.171556
SH 5457 5342
Private Land
150m
13,007t
#346


Site much landscaped, although levels and shafts are accessible



Year Acrivity
Mid 18C Extensively and profitably worked by Assheton Smith family.
1777 Abandoned.
1792 Worked by a few men.
1821-40 6,000 tons ore sent to Swansea.
1836 Leased for 21 years to Richard Griffiths & 7 merchants. Worked together with Llanberis and Clogwyn Coch.
1853 Richard Griffiths & partners secure further 21 year lease.
1874 Company ceased.
1875 Leased to William Forster.
1876 Lease sold to Drws y Coed Copper Mining Ltd.
1879 18 men employed, < 200 tons produced over next several years.
1887 Zero tons of ore produced.
1894 Taken over by Mineral Estates Ltd.
c1900 New mill built east of Engine Shaft.
1906-1911 Hundred employed by German company.
1917 Mining Corporation of Great Britain worked together with Simdde Dylluan.

Summary from Bick



Publications (23)

  • (1925); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXX - Copper Ores: Midlands, Lake District & N Wales; 102 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - A Horizontal Plan Of Drws-Y-Coed Copper Mine Made Up Nov 21st 1865 By M.E.Roberts; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - A Horizontal Plan Of Drws-Y-Coed Copper Mine.Made Up Nov 21st 1865 By M.E.Roberts; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - A Horizontal Plan Of Drws-Y-Coed Copper Mine.Made Up Nov 21st 1865 By M.E.Roberts; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - A Section Of Drws Y Coed Copper Mine Carnarvonshire; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - A Section Of Drws-Y-Coed Copper Mine Presented By Ryhope Colliery Co.Dec 1944; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - A Section Of Drws-Y-Coed Copper Mine Presented By Ryhope Colliery Co.Dec 1944; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Drws Coed Copper Mine A Horizontal Plan; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Drws Coed Copper Mine; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Drws Coed Copper Mine; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Drws Coed Copper Mine; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Drws-Y-Coed (radem Survey) Copper Mine; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Drws-Y-Coed (radem Survey); 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Drws-Y-Coed Copper Mine; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Drws-Y-Coed Copper Mine; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Drws-Y-Coed Geological Intepretation Of R.A.F Photographs By Hunting Technical Services Ltd. London March 1958; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Drws-Y-Coed Geology (radem Survey) Copper Mine West End Of Mynydd Mawr; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Drws-Y-Coed Geology (radem Survey) Copper Mine; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Simiddle,dylluan And Drwys-Y-Coed Copper Mines (slates); 1 pages
  • Bick, D.E. (2003); Old Copper Mines of Snowdonia, The; pp. 44-53
  • Hughes, Simon J.S. (2006); 30 Years of Prospecting in Cardiganshire; 5 pages
  • Hughes, Simon J.S. (2006); Miner's Lot, The - Version 1; 6 pages
  • Hughes, Simon J.S. (2006); Miner's Lot, The - Version 2; 13 pages


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