Tregynon, Powys

[Llanigraham]

I was doing a patient transport job this week in the Tregynon area and had my OS map open and noted a disused mine shaft mentioned at (roughly) SO104 996.
Can't seem to find anything about this, and I would have thought it is well out of the area for lead mines.
Anyone know anything about it?
Looking at aerial views there doesn't seem to be anything there now, other than some modernish farm buildings.

 

[ILT]

I have it shown on OS maps from 1975 and 1988 as 'Mine Shaft (disused)' but no earlier ones. It isn't shown on current OS Mastermap despite being on the 'current' 1K25
CPAT name it as 'Lower Eachwen Shaft' but this is just a convenience as their location info is based on the OS 1988 1K25 on which there is no name.

Not much help

 

[Flotsam]

It's probably a coal mine. Not far away between Berriew and Brooks there is supposed to be a coal mine although I didn't ever see any evidence of it.

 

[RobinGriffiths]

It's in the Silurian Nant-y-glyn flags. I've had a look and can see no sign of metal mining across its exposure. Being Silurian, it's too old for coal, unless it's one of the fraudelent enterprises discussed in Bick's Metal Mines of Mid Wales. The flags are well bedded, and appear to have been quarried at several locations e.g. 1/2km to the north, so if I was a betting man, I'd be looking at flag quarrying, possibly trialling the little hill to the north?

 

[Martin Laverty]

The Cambrian Mine Register [ http://www.cambriancavingcouncil.org.uk/registry/CMRm.htm ] has an entry there for  a lead mine called Fachwen, but no further details such as to date.

It is not in Part 4 of  Bick's Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales; nor do old 6" OS maps mention it...

 

[RobinGriffiths]

That'll be the sausage then!

 

[Llanigraham]

It's probably a coal mine. Not far away between Berriew and Brooks there is supposed to be a coal mine although I didn't ever see any evidence of it.

Geologically that would be very unlikely!
I'm intrigued about the other one you mention, as I can't find anything about it, and a friend lives in the area; do you have any more details?

 

[Cantclimbtom]

...Geologically that would be very unlikely!...

Ha haa the geology would determine if the coal mine ever found coal but not necessarily if someone trialled for coal. I remember from aditnow reading about a coal mine in Cambridgeshire, I think near Addenbrookes? I'll have to find this one again. I did a bit of googling at the time, and read an account, someone "discovered" a potential seam of coal, and had several sacks of good quality coal he had "found". There was some trial digging I think but they were unable to find any more, clearly they didn't have the sharp eyesight of the first person, who'd probably long disappeared by that point.

 

[tomferry]

...Geologically that would be very unlikely!...

Ha haa the geology would determine if the coal mine ever found coal but not necessarily if someone trialled for coal. I remember from aditnow reading about a coal mine in Cambridgeshire, I think near Addenbrookes? I'll have to find this one again. I did a bit of googling at the time, and read an account, someone "discovered" a potential seam of coal, and had several sacks of good quality coal he had "found". There was some trial digging I think but they were unable to find any more, clearly they didn't have the sharp eyesight of the first person, who'd probably long disappeared by that point.

If you re find me that article please send me it .

 

[Cantclimbtom]

Apologies Llanigraham, for one last digression to your Tregynon thread

Linton Cambridgeshire. Can't find that story and think I have it mixed the story in my mind with something else, I think the Cambridge coal mine was a scam by the owners of Barham Hall themselves who were buying the coal in from Cambridge rather and not them being duped by a fly by night prospector. A shaft of that depth round there must have needed a lot of pumping? A warning not to invest in any Cambridge coal mines

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Borley+Wood/@52.1096989,0.2961408,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47d866b3be4394a9:0x4bb6eed4b38bf204!8m2!3d52.1125689!4d0.305051

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol6/pp80-105
In 1737 Robert Millicent (d. 1741) was induced to prospect for coal north of Borley wood, where the name Coal Hole Lane survived in 1838. A shaft over 225 ft. deep was sunk, (fn. 581) and c. 1745 it was alleged that a large vein of good coal had been found, (fn. 582) but by 1755 the owners of Barham Hall were having coal carried from Cambridge.