Walker's Shaft

aka Talargoch Walker's Shaft


Lead and Zinc Mine

Worked from 19C

Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot

Feb 23rd, 2025 by BertyBasset



North Wales
Meliden
53.3128815, -3.4176879
SJ 0565 8049
Private Land
35m
#838


Walker’s Shaft is identifiable at SJ 0563 8049. To the northwest of the Dyserth-Prestatyn Road, at SJ 0566 8049, the stonework remains of Walker’s Engine House, Boiler House, and chimney are visible as grassed-over mounds in the field, a parcel of land known as Tir-y-Gwynt, as shown on the 1799 Map of the Mines (Mostyn MSS). The site is also traversed by the 1750s leat on its north-western side.

Ore was dressed at the Maesyrerwddu site.

To the northwest of the shaft and its remains, the foundations of a small rectangular building—likely a magazine.



Worked Panton’s Vein, was sunk in the 1870s (Frost, P, 1997). The mine was served by the mineral railway.



Publications (2)

  • (1921); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XIX - Lead and Zinc: in Carboniferous of North Wales; 169 pages
  • Thorburn, J. A. (1986); The Talargoch Mine





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