This small mine situated near to Nant y moch worked the Hafan lode from about 1800 to the turn of the 20th Cent. There has been a lot of speculation about a possible connection with the Hafan Mine, but this is not so. The inner reaches certainly dewater into Hafan but by a natural fissure which is the structure of the lode, ie, a mineralised natural open fissure.

Approaching the mine from the road, one climbs spoil heaps into an area of building foundations with remaining chimney walls, the main adit is at the rear.

Roy Fellows, who has a great deal of involvement here, writes from that perspective in 2026:

When first visited in 1988 I discovered a long drive to a total collapse. Just before the end was a short passage on the left taking water. There was an obvious rudimentary belay, and I discovered that the winze had been descended by the now late Damien McCurdy and friends who had reached “a window into an enormous stope, but we were out of kit” This prompted me to rig the pitch for SRT and descend in a full wet suit. I reached the “window” and swung into a stope as described at the base of a huge rubble slope that had emanated from the infilling of what I now know as “Strides Shaft”. (Referred to in OT Jones as “Hafan Shaft”) I noted a bank of deads on my right but was unable to swing onto it. Shivering with cold from water running down into my wetsuit I decided to get back up. So far up there is a level to a forehead, and further up an alcove with partially fallen deadwork, I consider this as something of a hazard. The winze is about 50 -60 feet.

Some years later, poking about near the fall, I discovered a draughting hole in the floor. This was enlarged and enabled me to drop and electron and squeeze through. I found myself in stope workings and a short climb up took be to a point exactly behind the collapse. Here I found a small wheelbarrow, intact but partially in the fall. This was carefully removed to its present position.

Deeper in is another winze. This was descended to a blind floor at about 48 feet. I can find no trace of the (BGS) stated connection with Bog Shaft, a hardened mud inflow at one point may be it.

That was the state of things up to late 2018 when I decided to dig through into the big stope from above. I managed this nicely in time for the NAMHO 2019 event hosted by Cambrian Mines Trust. I roped the descending rubble slope previously described and found to my delight on a rock “RF 94”. I also managed to gain the top ogf the bank of deads which I now know to be the 5 fthm level and discovered a small iron kibble.

Back outside and higher up the wooded hillside is the site of shallow adit, now just a section of bogy ground. Slightly higher is Strides Shaft, fenced and gradually subsiding after being infilled some years ago. Further over is a pool in a bogy area which is a likely location for Bog Shaft.

Originally there was quite a few buildings and a headframe in this area, all gone bar some footings.

Access Agreement between CAL and NRW/WG was terminated in 2022. Documentation for this lapsed agreement available here
https://buddlepit.co.uk/mine-explorer/Library/Library.html?doc=20963