Adit in bushes to a deep and dangerous opencut that is visible in the woods above.
Often worked in conjunction with Penypontpren and Penybanc
| Year | Activity |
|---|---|
| c 1740s | Worked by the Mine Adventurers |
| c 1820 | Exploited together with Penybanc by Job Sheldon. |
| c 1840 | Worked with Penybanc by Loveden company sinking shaft to Erglodd adit and driving towards Penybanc. |
| c1857 | Worked with Penhybanc and Erglodd as Penpompren and Penybanc United, Dr Hobson and Mr E Green the major shareholders. |
| 1861 | Progress reported as being made. |
| 1869 | Company collapses, items for sale including: two waterwheels, 700fm wire rope, drawing machine and ore stamps. |
| 1872 | Attempt to float Erglodd and Penpompren Silver Lead Mines for £30,000 with favourable report by Absalom Francis in prospectus. A letter to the Mining Journal by Edward Gledhill the former manager stating that there was no ore, and previous shareholders had lost £8,000 scuppered this. |
| 1883 | Erglodd United formed to work the three mines, but not much was done. |
GCR: Post-orogenic (A1) lead-zinc-copper mineralization in Central Wales
Publications (11)
- (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; North of Goginan - Part 3; pp. 39-40
- Francis, Absalom (1874); History of the Cardiganshire Mines; 3 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. & Timberlake, Simon (1991); Early Metallurgical Sites in Great Britian No. 6 - Cwmystwyth; 12 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (1971); BSA Proceedings Vol VI, No 46 - Mineral Field of Mid Wales, The; 8 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (1976); Papur Pawb - Newspaper Snippets ; 16 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (1981); Mines of Talybont, The - Part1, From AD70 to 1800; 36 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (2001); Talybont - Ein Canrif; 11 pages
- Hughes, Simon J.S. (2004); WMPT Newsletter April - Talybont - Some Recent work on Ancient Mining in Mid Wales; 15 pages
- JNCC (2010); Mineralization of England and Wales; pp. 308-312
- Shaw, R.P. (1982); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 08-3 Sum - Bwlch Glas Lead Mine, Cardiganshire; 6 pages (187-192)
