| Year |
Activity |
| c1700 |
Worked by shaft by William Waller’s Mine Adventurers. |
| early 19C |
Lode exploited at depth by the Taylors via Lefel Newydd which was joined to eariler, shallowe workings by winzes. |
| c1853 |
Attention turned to the site by directors of Bwlch Cwmervin (on the same set). Some rich patches of ore found. |
| 1856 |
Tregonning replaced by Captain Robert Northey from the recently closed Cowarch lead mine. |
| 1857 |
With stopes yielding only 7 cwt per fathom, the directors elected to abandon the mine and re-open the Bwlch Cwmervin workings. |
External Links
Publications (2)
- (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XX - Lead and Zinc: Cardiganshire & West Montogmeryshire; 242 pages
- Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; South of Goginan - Part 2; pp. 39-44
Bwlch Cwmerfin - 446m- Ceunant - 473m
Pengraigddu - 484m- Esgair Nantyrarian - 632m
- Bryn Pica - 733m
- Nantyrarian - 744m
Cwmerfin - 1,147m- Taylor's Shaft, Goginan - 1,341m
- Goginan Engine Shaft - 1,427m
- North Cwmsymlog - 1,579m
- Skinners Shaft - 1,601m
- Pryse's Shaft - 1,619m
- Taylor's Shaft, Cwmsymlog - 1,636m
- Cwmsymlog - 1,673m
- Goginan - 1,709m
- Cwmbrwyno - 1,815m
