Abandoned Metal Mines in Mid Wales

Environmental investigations and remediation

Useful sources of information on metal mines in Wales:

  • Natural Resources Wales
  • The Coal Authority
  • AditNow
  • Welsh Mines Preservation Trust
  • Welsh Mines Society
  • Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
  • Coflein - the online catalogue of archaeology, buildings, industrial and maritime heritage in Wales
  • The National Association of Mining History Organisations
  • Dyfed Archaeological Trust
  • Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust
  • Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
  • Cadw
  • Moore Books
  • John Mason - Conservation & Environment
  • International Mine Waters Association
  • Ceredigion Archive - Abandoned Mine Plans

Cwm Rheidol

  • John Mason - prevention of an environmental disaster at Cwm Rheidol Mine in early 1990s
  • BBC article on Cwm Rheidol Mine, May 2018
  • Power & Water - mine water treatment case study

Frongoch

  • ITV news item on Frongoch Mine, April 2015
  • Welsh projects tackle mine water - ENDS Mineral Planning article

Nant y Mwyn

  • Nantymwyn Lead Mine (Rhandirmwyn.net)
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