X/POOLE/5155 (1716?) (Gwynedd RO)
d) Description and opinion of the lead works at Penrhyn Du. Describes the old workings
very briefly (the old works will involve about £300 in expenditure as they are very
decayed and have not been worked for 20 years). e) Copy of Wheldon’ s advertisement: A
lead mine at Penrhyn Du, Caernarfonshire, has stood unworked for some years because
Richard Bagnall, Esq., refused to grant a lease. Now he is dead the property has passed to
Edward Bayley, Esq. It is a rake work, with good ore. Carriage charges are 6 pence to the
seaside and 12 pence boatage to the ship. Adventurers should apply to Thomas Wheldon, who
lives on the site. He is prepared to clear the site on reasonable terms. Other discoveries
have been made in the area, especially ore belonging to Sir Richard Fleetwood in
Staffordshire. Edmond Edwards of Highton near Liverpool prospected for ore there, but
later fled and left his men unpaid. The lease is offered on reasonable terms.
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