METAL MINES OF LLANENGAN
Written by John Bennett, Robert Vernon
Published by Gwydyr Mines Publications
in 2002
ISBN: 0951479881
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METAL MINES OF LLANENGAN
Written by John Bennett, Robert Vernon.
Stock no. 1322419
1st.
2002.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Mining ventures in a North Wales Parish. Dark grey boards with black titles to spine and front cover. 149 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0951479881. Spine slightly bumped. A few very light marks to covers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit creased at edges. Includes a SIGNED letter from the author (Vernon).
Front cover
Contents
- Maps and Diagrams
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Mining during the 17th Century: The Mines Royal of Penrhyn du and other ventures.
- 2 A fresh start: ventures during the first half of the 18th Century.
- 3 The second phase of the 18th century mining activity - 1761 to 1790
- 4 The 19th Century to 1840.
- Pared Mawr
- Tan yr Allt
- 5 Iron and Manganese in the Llanengan district.
- 6 Mining between 1840 and 1869
- 7 The mine workings and geology
- 8 The Penrhyn and Assheton mines after 1869
- Penrhyn Mine post-1869
- Assheton and West Assheton mines
- The Assheton Mining Company Limited - 1869 and 1875
- The Assheton Mining Company Limited - 1875 and 1881
- The West Assheton Mining Company Limited, 1875-1881
- The Assheton United Mining Company Limited 1881-1899
- 9 Tan-y-Bwlch, Pant Gwyn and Daugoch mines.
- Tan-y-Bwlch mine
- Pant Gwyn mine
- Daugoch mine
- 10 Power and Accidents: Mines Inspectors Reports, 1873 to 1892.
- 11 The Tan-yr-Allt and Port Nigel mining companies 1869 to 1884
- Epilogue
- References