One of several trials on the Camdwr lode, this one showing appreciable amounts of manganese.
Designated Manganese mine of Old Series one inch map.
| Year | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1854 | Adit and the start of a shaft on site when Matthew Francis announces a discovery of ‘ore of excellent quality, very solid, and bearing strong resemblance to the greatest courses of ore I have seen in Cardiganshire’. |
| 1856 | Engine shaft down below a 20 fm level. 22 tons copper ore and 5 tons lead ore sold. |
| c 1857 | Company dissolved. |
| 1877 | Attempt at re-opening, but no ore produced. |
Publications (3)
- (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XX - Lead and Zinc: Cardiganshire & West Montogmeryshire; 242 pages
- (1989); CATMHS - Trip Report Easter - Easter Wales Meet; 5 pages
- Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; North of Goginan - Part 3; pp. 53
