Esgair Hir & Esgairfraith Mines ~ Welsh Mines Preservation Trust

This is part of Graham Levins’ Photo Archive.

Esgair Hir (SN 735 912) & Esgairfraith (SN 741 912) Mines

(Cambrian Mines, Welsh Potosi Mines)

You can read about the survey that the Trust carried out in 2009 at Esgair Hir here.

2nd Ed 6 inch OS Map. People’s Collection Wales.

Esgair Hir Mine (1990)

Old workings looking southwest.

Old Shaft, looking west.

The Barracks.

View of the mine, looking towards Esgairfraith, Mine Office on right.

Looking south, Mine Office.

Engine House and bob-pit.

Wheel-pit.

Penybwlch Shaft, Engine House in background.

Shaft Glas, pump-rod tunnel.

Shaft Glas, pump-rod tunnel.

Shaft Glas.

Shaft Glas.

Shaft Glas.

Mine Office (2005).

Esgairfraith Mine (2005)

Wheel-pit.

Wheel-pit.

Wheel-pit.

Wheel-pit for pumping Shaft Glas.

Wheel-pit for pumping Shaft Glas.

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