Cwmcarn, nr Risca, Soth Wales, Great Britain
N 51° 38.220 W 003° 06.250
30U E 492790 N 5720670
Old Coal mine in Cwncarn in South Wales. None of the workings etc are left, but it is now part of The Cwncarn Forest Drive.
Waymark Code: WM15KK
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/23/2007
Views: 175
The first shaft sunk at Cwmcarn was the Abercarn No.6. It was a shallow shaft, just 60 yards deep, sunk to the Rock (or Tillery) seam by the Monmouthshire Iron and Coal Company in 1836.
Cwmcarn steam colliery began its life as a downcast shaft for the neighbouring Prince of Wales colliery. The Ebbw Vale Co. sank the first shaft in 1876 although it did not operate as a separate colliery until 1912 when the Ebbw Vale Iron & Steel Co. Ltd then owned it. The second (up-cast) shaft was sunk in 1914.
In 1918 there were 716 men employed.
Partridge Jones and John Paton and Co. took over the running of this pit in 1935.
The workforce numbere 773 in 1938 and in 1945 there were 642 men employed.
It was closed down in 1968 and the site was cleared, it now forms the beginning of the Cwmcarn scenic drive.
Mine Type: Not listed
Mineral Collecting: Not listed
Material Mined: Not listed
Operation: Not listed
Surface Features: Not listed
KNOWN DANGERS: Not listed
Any associated website: Not listed
Any Other information: Not listed
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