Mill driven by 200hp water turbine fed by 1.5km long water course. Another 11hp pelton wheel at Fron Goch operated an aerial ropeway carrying waste for processing.
| Year | Activity |
|---|---|
| c mid 18C | End of mining. |
| c1916 | Ruins by the river mark the site of relatively recent processing of Fron Goch waste dumps for lead and zinc during WW1. |
| > 1918 | Welsh Mines Corporation installed flotation plant under the management of R.R. Nancarrow of Pontrhydygroes. Also proposed 400m crosscut to the Gwaithgoch lode abd 750m one further to north - both of which came to nothing. Company soon closed due to large falls in metal prices. |
| late 1920s | Increase in metal prices prompts another company to process more of the dumps uintil another fall in prices and the final abandinment of the mines. |
Publications (4)
- Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; South of Goginan - Part 1; pp.18-19
- Bick, David; NMRS (1986); British Mining 30 - Frongoch Lead & Zinc Mine; ISBN 0901450 47 2; pp.6,11,22-24,41
- Foster-Smith, J.R.; NMRS (1979); British Mining 12 - Mines of Cardiganshire, The; ISBN 0 901450 14 6; pp.68,75,76
- Thomas, William (1919); Gwaith Goch, Pant-yr-Hirian - Company Report; 2 pages
