Does anybody have any information on the Cefncoch Gold Mine? I went up there last weekend to explore the flooded shaft at the end of what appears to be the main vain they have followed.

To me it looks like the gold must have been discovered through a natural lode exposure at (SH719232). It is possible to get down there to a level that goes for hundreds of meters in the south west direction which would place it underneath the shafts one can see along the path leading up hill. If one follows the line further there are ruins of an old building (SH715229) and a small addit leading to what could have been another natural exposure. In there there is a small flooded shaft which was the purpose of my visit.

At the entrance to the long level there is something deeper which I could not access without ropes. I think SRT will be necessary to get there, but clearly there is something there and dripping water can be heard.

There is also another vain further south. At SH718230 there are shafts filled with water.

So does anybody have more information about the main in general, what is there deeper where the long level starts and how big the second vain levels were?

Oh, and how can I contribute to the description of the mine?

Thanks

A good collection of information on the Gold Mines is.

"The Gold Mines of Merioneth" by George Hall
Which can be obtained from Mike Moore
http://www.moorebooks.co.uk/-USED-The-Gold-mines-of-Merioneth-7181.html 

Mention is also made of Lead working there.

(I am sure others have more information.)

Just a quick word on this.
There are two editions, the second covers Gwynfynedd at some length and in some detail, the first is very different from the second. I strongly recommend getting both editions, but you may struggle to get hold of the first.

Moorebooks have the second edition in stock, just checked.

There is also similarly titled "Gold Mining in Western Merioneth" by T A Morrison

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Well noted Roy
lots of differences in the two editions.

Amazon wants £50-00 for a first edition and £1,300 for a hardback!!!!;(

J I strongly recommend getting both editions ...
There is also similarly titled "Gold Mining in Western Merioneth" by T A Morrison

Roy is correct - ideally mining historians need both editions of George Hall's book.

There is much historical information in the first edition that was compressed or omitted from the second edition.

Conversely, there is much updated information on the 1980s and early 1990s workings in the second edition that post-dates the first edition, also in the second edition George refined and added detail to his views on the form of the deposit and how might be best worked.

Morrison's book is useful to have alongside George's editions. One advantage is the way he sets out ownership and production tables for each mine.

If you mark up an historic six-inch OS map (high res available for free on the National Library of Scotland website) you can post the results on the mine pages of aditnow!