Welsh Wezzit

[ChrisJC]

Yes it is Prince Edward - well done Robin.

Ian - you need to go back if you think there isn't a lot to see. There's one of the finest in-situ jackrolls that I have ever seen!

Chris.

 

[tomferry]

Yes it is Prince Edward - well done Robin.

Ian - you need to go back if you think there isn't a lot to see. There's one of the finest in-situ jackrolls that I have ever seen!

Chris.

This 1 still moves

 

[RobinGriffiths]

And here's an attempt at a survey I did a fair few years ago.

 

[RobinGriffiths]

Right. Here's an interesting one. Not been down this particular entrance.

 

[Ian Adams]

That is soooooooooooooooo familiar ...... 😳😳😳

 

[Graigwen]

And here's an attempt at a survey I did a fair few years ago.

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Prince Edward/Bwlch y Lle is indeed an interesting mine. I surveyed the surface around here in the early 70s for a Canadian Mining corporation. The prospects for commercial exploitation are poor. I last went there in 2013 and found a very substantial wooden closure of the adit entrance had been installed fairly recently, judging by the freshness of the wood. There were dramatic warning notices. The late Si Hughes told me the land was part of a large parcel of mineral rights leased by a company involved with Clogau, but that they had no intention of doing any work at Bwlch y Lle. In 1971 I picked up an elderly hitch hiker in a back lane near Trawsfynydd who had worked at the mine before the Second World War. The little alcove with a steel gate on the right just inside the adit entrance was supposedly for the storage of rich ore.
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[RobinGriffiths]

So the mine in question. There are two distinct set of workings, and I'm not sure they are connected. The other set of workings are more commonly visited, although I have read an account of a descent of this one. Described in a well known book along the lines of 'dangerous open stopes on the hillside above".

 

[Ian Adams]

Is it a copper mine? Sygun?

 

[RobinGriffiths]

It is copper. Not Sygun though.

 

[Ian Adams]

Aberglaslyn?

 

[RobinGriffiths]

Not Aberglaslyn.

 

[Graigwen]

It could be several places, at least one of which I have drilled, let;s ntry another :

Llanberis?
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[RobinGriffiths]

Llanberis it is. Stopes at the top of Western Workings. Generally Eastern workings get visited, although I have read one hair rising account of this stope being descended. There used to be some nice photos of Llanberis Mine on Adit Now.

 

[Graigwen]

Llanberis it is. Stopes at the top of Western Workings. Generally Eastern workings get visited, although I have read one hair rising account of this stope being descended. There used to be some nice photos of Llanberis Mine on Adit Now.

Half a century ago I stood at the top of the stope and thought better of a solo descent. There was a huge amount of arsenopyrite lying around at Llanberis Mine.

I'll post a really easy one when I get to another computer this evening.

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[ChrisJC]

I missed the trip, but my colleagues did manage a partial descent. It was noted as being very loose.

I don't think they reached the bottom.

Chris.

 

[RobinGriffiths]

I think it was an article by John Knowles I read. I think the conclusion was they weren't going back.

 

[ChrisJC]

Yes, we are talking about the same people!

Chris.

 

[jasonbirder]

Very interesting mine...but most definately haunted...some very strange goings on when we were in there!

 

[Graigwen]

Here is the promised really easy one. Please sort it out quickly - I will not be participating in much on the foroms fror a couple of weeks.

 

[RobinGriffiths]

Cwm Cipwrth. Possibly before renovation?