Description
The Portaway Mine operated on the western perimeter of the Grange Quarry. A single shaft can still be found at SJ 1690 7610, situated alongside the public footpath. Several other shafts remain to the south of this location at SJ 1690 7590, which are associated with later 19th-century mining activities in the area.
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Publications (2)
(1921); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XIX - Lead and Zinc: in Carboniferous of North Wales; 169 pages Foster-Smith, James R.; NMRS (1974); Occasional Publication 7 - Non-Ferrous Mines of Flintshire, The; pp.31-32
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Sites within 2km (34)
Golch Hill - 309m Grange White Quarry - 355m Pantyne North - 399m Grange Brown Quarry - 408m Cambria - 490m Holway Rake - 499m Grange - 508m Saithaelwyd - 516m Gladstone - 552m Coetia Ball - 705m Pantasa - 757m Eyton's Shaft - 785m Hopewell - 790m Gyrn - 858m Coetia Butler - 874m Pantyne New - 893m Picton - 919m Holway Consols - 919m American - 952m True Blue - 1,079m Coetia Mawr - 1,148m Pantyrhes - 1,219m Frame - 1,287m Great Calcot - 1,299m Holywell Boat Level - 1,502m Bedol Aur - 1,588m Ashton - 1,627m Plantation - 1,645m Coed y Fron - 1,696m Waen & Merllyn - 1,774m Pen y Bryn - 1,856m Brynford - 1,911m Bryn y Gaseg - 1,950m Celyn Bog - 1,996m
