| | Report (issue) | technical history and exploration with reference to mine workings in the British Isles are welcomed for inclusion...•• R .G. GUTHRIE PUBLICATION AFTERSALES NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 186 STATION ROAD BILLINGHAM CO...CLEVELAND TS232RT Tel: 0642 554437 @ NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY This volume is copyright under...Sheffield S2 5HH, for the Publishers, The Northern Mine Research Society, Sheffield, England. ISSN: 0308-21...C.ENG., FGS., FIMM A MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 1978 BRITISH: MINING NO .10 | | | Book (volume) | | The Old Metal Mines es {Mid-Wales | % Part 4 arias : DAVID E..BICK a 429 West Montgomeryshire...Nantyrarian mine, near Goginan, A ‘ (By courtesy of wh The Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales WA !:Wes FP...1854 Van Consols Share Certificate a 25 in Map of Bryntail in the 1880's . . Robey Steam Engines for Mining...Van near Llanidloes which in a few years created the most productive and successful lead mine in the whole...whole of mid Wales. For the explorer the wild and remote hills that form the shoulders of Plynlimmon | | | Book (volume) | 1977 ISBN 0 9 502040 6 4 Front cover: Nantyrarian mine, near Goginan, Aberystwyth (By courtesy of Mr. A...1 EN 8.:r:C 1111 The Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales l''fl?~r~ r, \ ~ sf Montgomeryshire SOUTH GLAMORGAN..... Van Consols Share Certificate 25 in Map of Bryntail in the 1880's .. Robey Steam Engines for Mining...EAST VAN·45 '• • GLYN·38 " "" PENYCLUN · 40 0 BRYNTAIL· 35 0 GWESTYN-34 FRON·32 ! GORN- 47 •SIGLENLAS...Van near Llanidloes which in a few years created the most productive and successful lead mine in the whole | | | Book | the Area. Mines - History Mineralization - General Mine Index (Map References) Mineral Index Minerals of...37 38 39 39 40 PLATES Nantiago Mine Pwllrhenaid Shaft .. Penrhiw Mine Dylife Esgairhir Castell Henfwlch...Cwmystwyth Blaenceulan Pyrite on Calcite (Nantiago Mine) .. ■ .. 11 14 14 17 17 18 19 20-21 22 24 MAPS...Acknowledgements are due to members of The Russell Society (a mine�alogical society based in Leicester) who contributed...west, and the neighbourhood of Tylwch south of Llanidloes to the east. Since the actual mining took place | | | Book (volume) | 1977 ISBN 0 9502040 6 4 Front cover: Nantyrarian mine, near Goginan, Aberystwyth (By courtesy of Mr....Van near Llanidloes which in a few years created the most productive and successful lead mine in the whole...whole of mid Wales. For the explorer the wild and remote hills that form the shoulders of Plynlimmon...remembered wherever there is talk of mining in Wales. s THE MINES DESCRlllED The remote and beautiful...allract our attention is CWMRHAIADR or WATERFALL mine (755948) in a secluded situation al the head of | | | Journal (issue) | Ill I 42- 45 Mineral Identification Ame rican Mine ral Treasures ST AUBYN COLLECTION 45 - 46 Jess...would be suffering hunger pangs). A native of South Wales, Gwyn's interest in minerals led him to make a series...Brittany and elsewhere. He was a founder member of the Wales and West Bran ch, formed at Cowbridge (S.Glamorgan)...years. He held the post of Field Secretary for Wales and West from 1990 through to 1999, and had an intimate...intimate knowledge of the quarries of South Wales, building up excellent working relationships with the | | | Book | A Mineralogy of Wales RfCHARD E. BEYfNS Ocpartmellf o[Geolngy, Nmin11a/Museum of\Valcs, Cardiff AMGUEDDFA...Colliery, Ponh, Mid Glamorgan. National Museum of Wales specimen 48.264.GR 175. ex Cymmer Welfare Library...CE 6 I CES IN WALES 9 30 127 138 6 INTRODUCTION The mineralogy of Wales is diverse. with over...reveal the presence of additional species new to Wales. and perhaps new to the British Isles. It is also...completely new to cience will be discovered in Wales. as techniques for analysing specimens become ever | | | Report (volume) | thanks to the Council of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, for having released me as far as possible...fILLS, Llanidloes. Mr. R,. R . NANCARRO\V, Ysbytty ·Ystwyth. Messrs. ONSL0W and 1vlILLER, Llanidloes. Mr...perrnission to use the mine records and plans in the Estate Office; to 1\Ir. P. GRA~T, Llanidloes, for access to...IX.-Longitudinal Section of Loveden Mine • • X.,, ,, Brynyrafr Mine XI.,, ,, East Daren · • XII.. ,, ,...Dyfngwm districts X:Xll.,, ,, district near Van Mine• XXTII.-Plan of Van fiat.s • XXIV.-Chart showing | | | Journal (issue) | UK JOURNAL M I N OF E S -----&----- M ·1 N E R A L S ISSUE N0.9 • SPRING - SUMMER 1991...EDITORIAL COVER PHOTO: Bayldonite. Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Globular aggregates to 0...collection. Photo: Mick Cooper. 3 CALCITE 4 The UK Joumol of Mi11es011dMinerals publishes articles of-interest...Simon Camm· Michael Merry ------- 16 ------THE VAN MINE S.J.S. Hughes -------26 ------A JOURNEY THROUGH... EDITORIAL LOOKING BACK In the course of its evolution the UK Joumol of Mints and Minerals has seen many small | | | Journal (issue) | …………..…..… 20 11. J. Krause: A dry Sunday in Wales - an account of the Society's summer field trip...the most suitable invasion areas. 1 Shrewsbury, UK. E-mail: editor@shropshiregeology.org.uk No war...Ercall Quarry and the Onny Valley. 1 Shrewsbury, UK. E-mail: editor@shropshiregeology.org.uk A joint...reasoning never seems to have been followed up. The mine strata dip at about 35° from West to East. The area...waterborne through cracks in the rock. 1 Shrewsbury, UK. E-mail: editor@shropshiregeology.org.uk George | | | Report (issue) | Craig Llannerch-y-cawr, Claerwen valley, Powys, mid Wales. BOS Photo MN323 l l. © NERC I 999 Keyworth...Basement (Precambrian) rocks North-west Wales South-west Wales \Velsh borderland Cainbrian basin and shelf...Tudwal 's Peninsula Northern Snowdonia South-west Wales \Velsh borderland Ordovician basin and shelf deposits...South-west Wales Central \Vales and the Welsh borderland Silurian basin and shelf deposits North Wales Mid-Wales...Mid-Wales South Wales and tJ1e Welsh borderland Post-Caledonian cover Devonian Carboniferous Pennian, Triassic | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | cannot, at present, be discounted. The Central Wales Orefield (Fig. I) is a loosely defined area occupying...:irl O t-.,�·'.• • ,, ·. Cambrian Mountains of Wales. At v�ri,-,,., . , , . r ,·:·i :· · cipally from...Lower Palaeozoic times the area that is now central Wales lay cowards the middle of a structurally conuolled...Ashgill-Upper Llandovery strata ..:xposed in the Central Wales Orefield. A range of basinal facies is present,...Ystwyth Fault, encountered underground at Cwmystwyth mine, where it faulted out the lead-zinc-bearing lodes | | | Book | provided by: Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff); British Geological Survey, Edinburgh...meneghinile Pengenna mine,St Kew,Cornwall; Shallowfield Bridge,SouthMolton,Devon Tynebottom mine,Alston.CUm~ria...CUm~ria mercury Chatsworth mine,Grassinglon, Yorkshire Severallocalities in theLakeDistrictandComw melacinnabar...theLakeDistrictan:iCorrr::a!I natrojarosite Wanlhwaite mine,StJohn'sin theVale,Cumbria SouthTerrasmine,StStephen-in-Brannel...Cumbria pharmaco!ite Wanlhwaite mine,StJohn'sin theVale,Cumbria Chatsworth mine,Grassington, Yorkshire p:cropharmacolne | | | Report (issue) | AROLWG DAEAREGOL PRYDAIN Regional geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: stream water ...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 1999. Regional geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: stream water....255 9) North-west England and North Wales 1997 (0 85272 307 5) Wales: stream water 1999 (0 85272 363 6)...0115-936 3200 e-mail: sales@bgs.ac.uk www.bgs.ac. uk Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH93LA...Stapledon Building, University of Wales, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales SY23 3DB ,:r 01970-622541 Fax |
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