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Geoff..... Tin was certainly smelted in Swansea - using Cornish tin - my great grandfather died as a result of "tin madness" he picked up while working in the White Rock smelter at Kilvey. Keith Nicholls -----Original Message----- From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Geoff Treseder Sent: 07 March 2010 09:17 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Tin mining Port Talbot Tin ingot was imported from Cornwall not concentrate for smelting. Geoff Treseder ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Nicholls" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:53 AM Subject: Re: Tin mining Port Talbot Dave At risk of being proven wrong.....as a born and bred native of Swansea and a geologist - it is my opinion that no mining of any tin ever occurred in or around Port Talbot( wrong rocks!). A short distance east there is some gold and lead / zinc mineralization (in the Carboniferous Limestone, but I'm not aware of it ever having been commercially exploited). Port Talbot is sited on the coast, on the Lower Coal Measures. Mining in the vicinity is limited to coal and associated minerals (black band ironstone etc). Tin was imported to the Swansea area from Cornwall for smelting, and it's possible that some form of smelting operation may have been tried at Post Talbot (later home of course to a large steel works). Tin plating may have been attempted also - although subsequently this was carried out near Llanelli (Trostre). Keith Nicholls -----Original Message----- From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Linton Sent: 06 March 2010 04:16 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Tin mining Port Talbot I'm passing on a query that has been made to me. The only tin-related connection I can think of is the south Wales tin-plating industry. Can anyone help with this? Dave > I apologise for bothering you with what I consider to be a minor query but during some research I have been carrying out on Cornish mine quarrys it was suggested to me that there once existed tin mines in the Port Talbot /general Neath area of S Wales.I personally can find no evidence of the existance of such Industrial mining sites & believe it to be a myth I dont suppose your organisation has any evidence to the contrary . > Grateful for any light you could shed on the matter. -- Dave Linton 01341 280901 This email has been scanned for viruses by Netshield MXSweep. Geotechnics Limited, Registered in England No. 1757790 at The Geotechnical Centre, 203 Torrington Avenue, Tile Hill, Coventry CV4 9AP www.geotechnics.co.uk= This email has been scanned for viruses by Netshield MXSweep. Geotechnics Limited, Registered in England No. 1757790 at The Geotechnical Centre, 203 Torrington Avenue, Tile Hill, Coventry CV4 9AP www.geotechnics.co.uk