The most notable features include a series of shafts and spoil mounds, particularly around SJ 2099 6410, SJ 2080 62415, and SJ 2048 6407. Notably, the site of Engine Shaft and Goodwin’s Shaft is now occupied by industrial buildings at SJ 2040 6405. The shaft and mound on the golf course at SJ 2001 6409 may mark the location of Mosley’s Shaft, while Trevethen Shaft is located in dense undergrowth at SJ 2000 6405.
The area of the mine site has been extensively developed, with parts taken over by a golf course, housing, and industrial units. The land south of the golf course and Park Farm belongs to Cefn Mawr Quarry, where the earthwork remains might be related to quarrying activity. Notable historical features include a 19th-century wall revetment along the roadside, which forms a boundary for Cefn Mawr Quarry land. This wall includes two archways now blocked up with stone and continues eastward as a lower, more modern wall.
The industrial buildings at SJ 2040 6450 occupy the former dressing floor area, which was once serviced by a 36-inch pumping engine and powered by a Newcomen engine from as early as 1750. A later horse whim was also used at Mosley’s Shaft. The site was also home to Brunner Mond’s processing plant, which was used to dress zinc ore raised at the mine from 1897-1906.
The Pantybuarth Vein, running parallel and south of the Bwlchyddaufryn Vein in Carboniferous Limestone, was worked as early as the 18th century. Documentary evidence reveals that the Lords of Mold had leased the mines on Mold Mountain since 1718, and by 1738, a drainage level for the vein was opened up beside the River Alun at SJ 1890 6430.
By the 19th century, the Pantybuarth Mine, along with other local mines, was a significant site of lead extraction. Between 1897-1906, Brunner Mond operated a dressing plant near the Engine Shaft.
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Publications (3)
- BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Pant-Y-Buarth Mines; 1 pages
- BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Southern Section Tunnel (drainage); 1 pages
- Williams, C. J. & Bick, D. (1992); List of metalliferous mine sites of industrial archaeological importance