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All Photographs of Cwmystwyth Lead Mine

108 Photos of Cwmystwyth Lead Mine

Bridge and ore chute: This was taken a long time ago. The place is now gated with no access allowed (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-004)
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Pugh's adit, June 2007: Fenced off by Crown Estates since CROW Act.   (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-006)
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Pughs adit November 2004 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-007)
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Building next to Pugh's adit. June 2007 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-008)
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General view of dressing floors June 07 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-009)
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Building (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-010)
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Kingside shaft June 07 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-011)
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Kingside shaft, Skoda? (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-012)
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Buildings near lefel fawr June 07 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-013)
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Bonsall's lefel fawr (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-014)
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Skip Wagon Nov 2001: This is in a chamber off lefel fawr near to the entrance. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-015)
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October 1997 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-016)
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Level Fawr skipway at adit level (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-017)
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Ore truck in Level Fawr (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-018)
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Roof packs in Level Fawr (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-019)
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Roof packs in Level fawr, from below. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-020)
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Skip in Level Fawr, present location: This is the only skip that I have ever seen underground, does someone on the site know better? (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-021)
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Skipway, above Level Fawr (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-022)
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Skipway at Kingside level (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-024)
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Kingside level, view in from skipway (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-025)
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Cwmystwyth Bell 1: View of the
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Cwmystwyth Bell 2: Side view of the
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Cwmystwyth Bell 3: Close up, showing the collecting tin in the raised position (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-064)
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Cwmystwyth Bell 4: Close up, showing the collecting tin in the lowered position (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-065)
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Tramway.: Rails to tip at river side of road. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-34379)
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Small Level. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-34380)
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Open working on hillside. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-34381)
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Cwmystwyth July 2010 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-53843)
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Old rails, Cwmystwth (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-53844)
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Cwmystwyth Mill Ruins July 2010 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-53845)
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Cwmystwyth: Herbert's adit (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72785)
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Cwmystwyth: Herbert's adit - recently gated like all the others (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72786)
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Cwmystwyth: Herbert's Adit (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72787)
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Cwmystwyth: 26 Fathom Level, run-in a few feet inside (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72788)
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Cwmystwyth: 26 Fathom Level near Taylor's (new) adit (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72789)
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Cwmystwyth: Taylor's (new) adit - brick lined (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72790)
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Cwmystwyth: Taylor's (new) adit (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72791)
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Cwmystwyth: Taylor's (new) adit (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72792)
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Cwmystwyth: Taylor's (new) adit (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72793)
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Cwmystwyth: No. 4 adit near Pengeulan shaft (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72794)
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Cwmystwyth: Small adit at the site of blocked Pengeulan shaft (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72795)
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Cwmystwyth: Run-in Pengeulan Adit (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72804)
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Cwmystwyth: Cross Road Adit (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72805)
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Cwmystwyth: Cross Road Adit, along the tramway from Lefel Fawr to the East (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72806)
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Cwmystwyth: Bonsall's Lefel Fawr (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72807)
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Cwmystwyth: Graig Fawr (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72808)
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Cwmystwyth: Graig Fawr (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72809)
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Cwmystwyth: Graig Fawr - the most spectacular open-cut workings in Mid-Wales, seen from the approaching tramway (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72810)
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Cwmystwyth: The tiny Raw's adit is gated a few yards inside (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72811)
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Cwmystwyth: Raw's adit (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72812)
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Cwmystwyth: Raw's adit tips (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72813)
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Cwmystwyth: Site of collapsed Nant Trefach adit (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72814)
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Cwmystwyth: Anonymous adit at the Nant Trefach streambed above Michell's adit. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72815)
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Cwmystwyth: Waterwheel pit for pumping Taylor's shaft above (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72816)
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Cwmystwyth: Kingside shaft on left and Tennis court in the middle.  (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72817)
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Cwmystwyth: Tramway (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72818)
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Cwmystwyth: Tramway bridge behind mill (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72819)
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Cwmystwyth: Old house near Lefel Fawr (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72820)
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Cwmystwyth: Neville Place miner's cottages (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72821)
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Cwmystwyth: Taylor's (old) Adit. Note roof supports. The adit is unfortunately run-in a few feet inside. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72822)
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Cwmystwyth: Taylor's (old) Adit (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72823)
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Cwmystwyth: Taylor's (old) Adit by the road approaching the mine from Cwmystwyth village. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-72824)
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Skip in Level Fawr: This was the original position in 1987, actually I had moved it into an upright position. Now, it has been relocated into a side shamber. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-001)
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Stull in Level Fawr: Photography from this position is now impossible due to a heavy fall. Access to this area is now only possible through the 'pipe dig' put in by Welsh Mines Society (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-002)
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Herberts Stope: This picture was taken in 1987, the area is currently inaccessible due to a grill fitted by Wardell Armstrong as agents for Crown Estates. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-003)
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1977: the mill before it got pulled down (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-004)
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Bonsall Level Fawr: The name plaque was still in situ, sometime in the mid 1970's. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-010)
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Mill feed hoppers: The feed hoppers for the crushers used to be in this structure at the rear.  My old Triumph Vitesse to the right. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-013)
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Mill: Inside the mill (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-015)
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Skip: The skip for the incline shaft, taken in the 1970's (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-016)
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The 1960 Cymystwyth bell: Sometime in the 1970's, still working! (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-017)
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Old Place (Barracks) 1987 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-45992)
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Mill 1987 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-45993)
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Mill 1987 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-45994)
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Mill Hopper 1987 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-45995)
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Cwrt 1987 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-45996)
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Cwrt 1987 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-45997)
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Cwm ystwyth July 2010 (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-53531)
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Cwm Ystwyth the ravages of time: This is a site of special scientific interest but the mine buildings appear to have been forgotten. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-53532)
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Cwm Ystwyth not much remains (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-53533)
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NCMC at Cwmystwyth; July 1971: Crossroads Adit.
John Ashton on left, Robin Hill on right. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-63044)
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NCMC at Cwmystwyth (2); July 1971: Crossroads Adit.
Note the second caplamp image, the result of a misfire of the first flashbulb. (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-63045)
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Cwmystwyth, July 1971: General surface view (Cwmystwyth-Lead-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-63046)
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