600m long adit with winzes.
| Year | Activity |
|---|---|
| c1800 | Job Sheldon & Co reputadly made very good profit working Hafan. At the east part of the sett, they also worked the same lode as Henfwlch. |
| 1850 | Mining Company of Wales start deep adit driven under, and well beyond Hafan and under Henfwlch. |
| 1853 | Adit continued by Hafan and Henfwlch Co with Chairman James Stride, and MIchael Barbery managing operations. Stride’s Shaft hit very hard rock, with only 2ft sinking a week being achieved. |
| 1854 | With no improvement in Hafan or Henfwlch, company folds. |
| 1856 | Both mines working under a Captain Hughes. Down to 30fm below adit at Carriston’s Shaft |
| 1864 | Another company takes possession. Good ore found, |
| 1867 | By 1867 600 tons of lead ore sold - mainly from Henfwlch. |
| 1889/90 | Mines opened sporadically over previous years, 17 tons sold 89/90 |
External Links
Publications (10)
- (1848); BGS - Memoirs Vol II, Part II; 425 pages
- (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XX - Lead and Zinc: Cardiganshire & West Montogmeryshire; 242 pages
- Anon; Hafan-Henfwlch; 1 pages
- Anon; Henfwlch Waterfall Stope Sketch; 1 pages
- Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; North of Goginan - Part 3; pp. 46,48
- Fellows, Roy (1997); Henfwlch mine explored
- Fellows, Roy; Henfwlch Mine Explored; 2 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (1976); Cardiganshire - Its Mines and Miners; 52 pages
- Liscombe & Co (1880); Mines of Cardiganshire, Montgomereyshire & Shropshire; 52 pages
- Shaw, R.P. (1982); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 08-3 Sum - Bwlch Glas Lead Mine, Cardiganshire; 6 pages (187-192)
