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rufenig
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9 years ago

#21

The last chap who was there (I forget his name)
Worked a small mill in one of the sheds. He worked all the low grade material from the stockpile. He even dug up parts of the road that had been repaired with mine spoils.
Any new company would need to re-open the mine to get resources.

JohnnearCfon
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9 years ago

#22

I think his name was Mark (or possibly Mike) Wheeler and he lived in the Dolgellau area.

aliibert
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9 years ago

#23

hi,the gold mine you refer to in the forest of dean was the bailey level,the chap who owned the mine at the time said that he had struck gold,and like you said came up with the shares idea,people bought shares in this "gold" mine and promptly did a runner.
I think this mine was originally an old iron mine as it is very close to a much bigger iron mine called wigpool iron mine,which as a member of the forest of dean caving club I spend a lot of time in as its my favourite mine to explore.

somersetminer
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9 years ago

#24

"Manicminer" wrote:
GMOW another company had a 120+ km2 Option on most of the Dolgellau goldbelt but has had it reduced to 107 km2 as the Gwynfynydd area has been taken off them.

And no wonder, they didnt do any physical exploration! were just working off past results as far as I know

John Mason
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9 years ago

#25

So far as I understand things there is gold - of a palaeoplacer nature - within coarser facies of the Old Red Sandstone, but the amounts are of academic interest - the odd colour or three in streams draining its outcrop. The same almost certainly goes for the Triassic - specifically the pebbly facies that are widespread in its lower part, as Wales, with its diverse gold occurrences in the Lower Palaeozoic strata, was a sediment source at the time.

As to current goings-on in N Wales - are there any? Have there been any? I must take a nostalgic trip to Clogau soon, before the site has "rewilded" itself!