LAP
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18 years ago
Can anyone tell me about this unusual place? 😉
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merddinemrys
18 years ago
First worked in the 18th Century and in 1880 became part of nearby Braich Goch Quarry. Something of a hotchpotch as levels from early workings did not coincide. Working was in the narrow vein which dipped in two directions as it is folded in the area making a V shape.

The two mines combined were taken over in 1962 by the Lloyd Brothers who also own Aberllefenni and closed in 1970.

Not sure if there's anything unusual about it apart from maybe the fact that the vein dips in two directions.
LAP
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18 years ago
Cheers, It's just: from the mine-explorer pics it looked as if it had been backfilled.
thanks. I guess the workings were later opened out in quarries.
Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

merddinemrys
18 years ago
I think a few chambers have been backfilled - it was quite common to do that in the area and it was done in Aberllefenni a lot. There is a big open pit but most of the work was done underground. There are lots of open adits about the place but the site is occupied by someone who sells slate products so not really accesible.
LAP
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18 years ago
Pity about the access, you can see that the cleavage angle is quite steep, making parts of it appear like mineral mine stopes. 😉
Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

LAP
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18 years ago
How is access to Brach-Goch? 😉
Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

simonrl
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18 years ago
Dead easy. Pays your money at the counter and in you go by boat. And that's as much as anybody will say in an open forum 😉
my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by
LAP
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18 years ago
It's obvious that I'll need to e-mail one of you... 😉
Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

Barney
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18 years ago
"LAP" wrote:

It's obvious that I'll need to e-mail one of you... 😉



Your getting the hang of this now, bless ya !!!! 😉
LAP
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18 years ago
Sorted then... 😉
Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

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