Dick,
What mines would the people of the Llandegai area have worked at in the 1800's?
All of my relatives were slate quarrymen.
Thanks,
Arlene Berta
Dick Jones wrote:
>Hi,
>In doing some research, I recently came upon some information stating that
>Penryn was a mine in the Llandegai area, owned by Lord Penryn. That a lot of
>the housing in the area, Mynydd, Tyn y Bwlch, etc. was housing he supplied to
>the miners working for him. Now, if I could only remember where the site was
>that I read the information. I know it was in someone's family history
>website, that was from that area.
>
>Regards,
>Arlene
Arlene
The Penrhyn Mine at Llandegai was opened in 1913. The iron ore occurs in
sharply folded beds from 4 to 14 ft in thickness and has been won from
workings and short levels. Difficulties due to the chemical composition of
the ores, the somewhat irregular disposition of the ore deposits and the
remoteness of this and other mines have all militated against the
development of a large-scale iron mining industry in the area.
Source: 'Snowdonia' (The National Park of Wales)
by F. J. North, B. Campbell & R. Scott
[Collins] 1949
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Best regards
Dick Jones
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. U.K. <rcjones(a)rmplc.co.uk>