Flintshire's Mining Industry in 1896 - A List of Metalliferous Mines
Britain's Active Mining History Society
From the Tables compiled by C. Le Neve Foster, H.M. Inspector for the North Wales District in his Report for 1896
Name of Mine | Situation | Owner and Postal Address | Agent | Workers | Minerals Worked | |
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U/G | Sur. | |||||
Bodfari (or Coed Llan) |
Bodfari |
Thomas Gee, Denbigh |
Thomas Gee |
1 |
0 |
Ferruginous Limestone |
Dee (formerly Gorsedd) |
Holywell |
K.M. Lloyd and others, Brynford House, Holywell |
Lead Ore. Suspended |
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Dreamland |
Halkyn |
Robert Thomas and others, Bryn Offa, Holywell |
Robert Thomas |
Lead Ore. Suspended |
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East Brynford |
Halkyn |
Thomas Parry, J.J. Pownall, and others, c/o Robert Morris, Pentre Mill, Mold |
Robert Morris |
2 |
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East Halkyn |
Halkyn |
East Halkyn Mining Co. Ltd., Halkyn, Holywell |
Goodman Ellis |
84 |
32 |
Lead and Zinc Ore |
East Pant-du |
Nerquis, Mold |
United East Pant-du Mining Co. Ltd., Nerquis, Mold, and 47, Arcade Chambers, Manchester |
Matthew Francis |
4 |
0 |
Lead Ore |
Freehold and East Holway |
Holywell |
H. Hotchkiss, The Grove, Holywell |
H. Hotchkiss |
14 |
6 |
Lead Ore |
Fron Hall United |
Gwernymynydd, Mold |
Fron Hall United Lead Mining Co. Ltd., Gwernymynydd, Mold |
John Mansbridge |
0 |
2 |
Lead Ore. Suspended |
Gwernymynydd |
Mold |
Cambrian Clay Co. Ltd., Mold |
Maurice Jenks |
3 |
4 |
Clay |
Halkyn |
Holywell |
Halkyn Mining Co. Ltd., Halkyn, Holywell |
Matthew Francis |
151 |
115 |
Lead and Zinc Ore |
Halkyn Drainage Works |
Halkyn, Holywell |
Halkyn District Mines Drainage Co., Halkyn, Holywell, and 16, Corn Exchange Chambers, Chester |
F.S. Williams |
2 |
0 |
|
Moel-y-crio |
Halkyn, Holywell |
Moel-y-crio Lead Mining Co., Halkyn, Holywell, and 34, Great Mersey Street, Liverpool |
Charles Mallison |
12 |
4 |
Lead Ore |
New Pany-y-Ne |
Holywell |
W.H. Arnott, Lime House, Lowton, Lancashire |
J. Eustice |
3 |
0 |
Lead Ore |
New Westminster |
Halkyn, Holywell |
New Westminster Mining Co. Ltd., 61a, Wrexham Street, Mold |
R. Prince |
Lead Ore. Suspended |
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North Halkyn |
Halkyn, Holywell |
Eli Hudson, Crawshawbooth, near Rawtenstall |
Edwin Harper |
Lead Ore. Suspended |
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North Hendre |
Rhydymwyn, Mold |
North Hendre Lead Mining Co. Ltd., Hendre Mines, near Mold |
Goodman Ellis |
113 |
94 |
Lead Ore |
North Pant-y-Go |
Halkyn, Holywell |
Exors. of late John N. Brown, Highfield Road, Moseley, Birmingham |
William Wasley |
0 |
2 |
Lead Ore |
Pant |
Carmel, Holywell |
Owen Evans and Co., Trecastell Mine, Conway |
Lead Ore. Started January 1897 |
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Pant-y-Buarth |
Gwernaffield, Mold |
Brunner, Mond and Co. Ltd., Pantybuarth Mine, near Mold |
John Roberts |
4 |
6 |
Lead Ore |
Pant-y-Pydew |
Holywell |
Exors. of late John N. Brown, Highfield Road, Moseley, Birmingham |
William Wasley |
0 |
2 |
Lead Ore |
Pennant |
St. Asaph |
Alfred E. Ann, Tower Chambers, Finsbury Pavement, London, E.C. |
0 |
5 |
Lead Ore |
|
Pentre Halkyn |
Pentre Halkyn, Holywell |
John Hewitt, Fern Bank, Hyde, Cheshire, and James Brierly, Upper New Walk, Leicester |
Edwin Harper |
Lead Ore. Suspended |
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Penybryn |
Halkyn |
Penybryn Halkyn Lead Mining Co. Ltd., 14, Batavia Buildings, Hackins Hey, Liverpool |
Edwin Harper |
16 |
8 |
Lead Ore |
Penyrhenblas |
Halkyn, Holywell |
Pentyrhenblas Mine Syndicate, Halkyn, near Holywell |
Matthew Francis |
2 |
0 |
Lead Ore |
Plantation Tunnel |
Holway, Holywell |
Urias Bromley and Co., Perth-y-Terfyn, Holywell |
Edward Jones |
3 |
0 |
Lead and Zinc Ore |
Plas Winter |
Halkyn, Holywell |
Plas Winter Mining Co. Ltd., 8, Old Bank Buildings, Chester |
Goodman Ellis |
Lead Ore. Suspended |
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Prince David |
Holywell |
Robert Thomas and others, Bryn Offa, Holywell |
Robert Thomas |
Lead Ore. Suspended |
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Pwll Gwynlan |
Halkyn, Holywell |
Richard Evans and Co., Brookfield, Oakenholt, Flint |
Lead Ore. Suspended |
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Rhosesmor |
Halkyn, Holywell |
Rhosesmor Mine Limited, Wakefield and Enock, Secretaries, 16, Corn Exchange Chambers, Chester |
Matthew Francis |
18 |
11 |
Lead Ore |
Saithaelwyd |
Holywell |
H. Hotchkiss, The Grove, Holywell |
H. Hotchkiss |
2 |
0 |
Lead and Zinc Ore. Abandoned Dec. 1896 |
South Halkyn and Rhydymwyn |
Mold |
South Halkyn and Rhydymwyn Mining Co. Ltd., Halkyn, Holywell |
Matthew Francis |
40 |
20 |
Lead Ore |
South Llynypandy (formerly Rhydalun) |
Rhydymwyn, Mold |
South Llynypandy Mine Co., Rhydymwyn, Mold |
Matthew Francis |
20 |
5 |
Lead Ore |
South West Milwr |
Brynford, Holywell |
Llewelyn Jones, Brynford, Holywell |
Lead Ore. Started April 1897 |
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Talacre |
Gronant, Prestatyn |
Talacre District Mining and Drainage Co. Ltd., Gronant, Holywell |
Thomas Edwards |
16 |
18 |
Lead and Zinc Ore |
Trelogan |
Mostyn |
Brunner, Mond, and Co. Ltd., Trelogan Mine, Llanasa, near Holywell |
John Roberts |
23 |
30 |
|
West Trelogan |
Mostyn Station |
Robert Evans and others, Slate Works, Rhyl |
Robert Evans |
2 |
0 |
Lead Ore |
Total |
535 |
364 |
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