Level Fawr is open as far as the Pen-bwlch workings of Glogue Fawr but
an unstable stope prevents further progress - or at least it did in Sept
96'. Earlier this year connection from the surface via the Pen-bwlch
shaft was attempted by Roy Fellows, amongst others. There is also a
rumour that other 'explorers' made this connection last year - ref.
'Below 99.2' pp. 24-6.
I'm sure I don't remember that Skinners shaft was still open at the
time of my visit to Level Fawr & Glogue Fach/Fawr, but then ones memory
does play the odd trick now and then!
Regards
Mike
Simon Timberlake wrote:
>
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> >
> > Sorry Mike, but I do not know about your example at Level Fawr.
> >
> > Are both levels in the vein? The horizontal error suggests not.
> >
> > If both headings were in country rock, then it looks as though they
> > were intended to meet end on. Sadly, surveying errors do occur
> > and it rather sounds as though you may have one at Level Fawr.
> >
> > Am I right in thinking that Level Fawr is not too far from
> > Cwmystwyth and that there is an Alderson's Level in that area too.
> > If so, was the mine once held by the same Aldersons who were at
> > Cwmystwyth in the 1820s? If so, they also worked the Old Gang
> > Mine, where Martin Roe's Victoria Level is to be found. Perhaps
> > their surveyor needed a new dial.
> >
> > Mike Gill
> >
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> >
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>
> Dear Mike,
>
> Yes, the Alderson Bros. had a lease on the mines at Cwmystwyth from 1822
> onwards in partnership with James Raw. The level is to be found on the
> west bank of the Nant yr onnen stream and is accessible but wet at the
> end - working the Kingside Lode. They were working elsewhere in the area
> - driving the long adit at Cwmrheidol to de-water and work the bottoms
> of Ystumtuen. Maybe the driving of long straight levels was a Northern
> Pennine speciality. I can't comment on their dialling abilities,
> although I am aware of the step in Level Fawr, Pontryhdygroes. That
> level, as you may know, was begun circa. 1790's (Probert's Level Fawr)
> and was much later continued, in particular by John Taylor to de-water
> and work the Lisburne Mines which included Logaulas, Glogfawr and
> Glogfach.
>
> By the way, the descent of Skinner's Shaft at Glog fach (a descent in
> several stages) some 700' to within eye-shot of Level Fawr was possible
> some 15-20 years back by weaving in and out of poised skips jammed
> across the skip-road. One of the most horrific experiences to be
> encountered and not to be recommended to the faint-hearted. Pit work,
> rods and rising main intact with much other machinery including winches,
> compressor etc. dating from perhaps the turn of the century (or pre-
> great War). Quite fantastic, and not surprisingly unvisited.
>
> Much work was done some 8-10 years ago in clearing out Level Fawr and I
> think a through trip was possible. I don't know of the current
> situation, but Peter Harvey of Llywernog Silver-Lead Mining Museum
> could appraise you of this, since he has the mining rights and access
> for L F.
>
> Simon
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