Cwmystwyth Lead Mine

What's left to see on the surface - SN 8025 7455

Cwmystwyth West

Cwmystwyth East

Crusher House No 1 and Pughs Level

Crusher House No 1

Crusher House No 1

Pughs Level

Crusher House No 2

Crusher House No 2

Crusher House No 2

Crusher House No 2

Crusher House No 2

Cwmystwyth Court

Cwmystwyth Court

Cwmystwyth Court

Cwmystwyth Court

Cottages to the West of the Dressing Mill

Cottages by the Dressing Mill

Cottages by the Dressing Mill

Drainage level East of Level Fawr

Drainage level or culvert

Drainage level or culvert

The Dressing Mill

The Dressing Mill	The Dressing Mill
The Dressing Mill	The Dressing Mill	The Dressing Mill	The Dressing Mill
The Dressing Mill	The Dressing Mill	The Dressing Mill	The Dressing Mill
The Dressing Mill	The Dressing Mill	The Dressing Mill

Gills Lower Level

Gills Lower Level

Gills Lower Level

Gills Lower Level

Gills Upper Level and the tramway incline

Gills Upper Level

Tramway incline

Tramway incline

Kingside Shaft

Kingside Shaft

Kingside Shaft

Level-y-Fordd

Level-y-Fordd tramway

Site of Level-y-Fordd

Leat and aqueduct

The leat aqueduct

The leat, Cwmystwyth

The leat, Cwmystwyth

A level near the leat

Nevill Place and Old Place

Nevill Place was the managers house and Old Place was originally the barracks for the single workers.

Nevill Place

Nevill Place

Old Place

Ystwyth Level, South Ystwyth Level and other sites

Ystwyth Level	Ystwyth Level	Ystwyth Level	South Ystwyth Level
South Ystwyth Level	The ore bins, Cwmystwyth	The tramway, Cwmystwyth	Cwmystwyth lead mine
Cwmystwyth lead mine	Cwmystwyth lead mine		Shoe for a pony or donkey

Sluice on Nant Gwynllyn - SN 9316 6976

A sluice on the road from Rhayader to Cwmystwyth

Sluice on Nant Gwynllyn

Sluice on Nant Gwynllyn

Sluice on Nant Gwynllyn

Sluice on Nant Gwynllyn

Inside Cwmystwyth Lead Mine

Bonsalls Level Fawr

Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr, Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth
Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth	Bonsalls Level Fawr Cwmystwyth

Cwmystwyth Lead Mine - level 1, possibly Rosa Level

Cwmystwyth level 1	Cwmystwyth level 1	Cwmystwyth level 1	Cwmystwyth level 1
Cwmystwyth level 1	Cwmystwyth level 1	Cwmystwyth level 1

Cwmystwyth Lead Mine - level 2, above Aqueduct

Cwmystwyth level 2

Cwmystwyth level 2

Cwmystwyth level 2

Cwmystwyth Lead Mine - level 3, below Aqueduct, possibly Taylors Level

Cwmystwyth level 3	Cwmystwyth level 3	Cwmystwyth level 3	Cwmystwyth level 3
Cwmystwyth level 3	Cwmystwyth level 3	Cwmystwyth level 3	Cwmystwyth level 3
Cwmystwyth level 3	Cwmystwyth level 3	Cwmystwyth level 3
Cwmystwyth level 3	Cwmystwyth level 3

Ystrad Einion Copper Mine, near Machynlleth

Ystrad Einion Copper Mine - SN 7067 9382

Ystrad Einion Copper Mine, south of Machynlleth was visited by the Gwent Caving Club in 2019. It dates back to 1700 if not earlier and was operated by the Flintshire Mining Company until closed in 1760. It was re-started in 1853 and the underground water wheel was installed in a disused stope c1870. The mine closed finally around 1900, having never been profitable even though they managed to mine copper, lead, zinc and a small amount of silver.

Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine
Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine
Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine
Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine
Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine	Ystrad Einion Copper Mine

Barmouth

Fairbourne - SH 6159 1284

The hills above Fairbourne were a centre for slate quarrying, and many tips remain near Friog and Arthog.
A brickworks wa next to Fairbourne Station, built c1895/6, by Sir Arthur McDougall (more used to self-raising flour than cement) to build his grand scheme of 'South Barmouth'. It was connected to the station by the forerunner of the Fairbourne Railway and had closed by 1949.

Bryn-gwyn slate quarry

Hendre-ddol slate quarry

Hendre-ddol slate quarry

Barmouth - SH 6153 1645

A seam of manganese runs through the hills above Barmouth. This was extensively mined in the 19th century leaving many tips and ruins. One such is Gellfechan with a mine and a ruined farmstead, abandoned in 1959.
At the famous Panorama viewpoint there is a trial level (possibly for manganese) and what appears to be the body of a slate wagon .

Gell-fechan manganese mine	Gell-fechan manganese mine		Gellfechan farmstead
Gellfechan farmstead	Gellfechan farmstead	Gellfechan farmstead	Gellfechan farmstead
Trial level near the Panorama	Trial level near the Panorama	Body of a slate wagon

Acknowledgments, sources and further reading.

British Mining No 17, 'Cwmystwyth', Northern Mines Research Society