Metal Mines of Llanengan: Mining Ventures in a North Wales Parish

The relatively unknown Llanengan metal mining field is found on the St. Tudwal's headland, on the tip of the Lleyn Peninsula, North Wales. Its isolated position meant that it never was given the same publicity as many of the major metal mining areas. Nevertheless it was a hive of activity in the latter half of the 19th century, and the mines were deepened with the aid of steam power, used for pumping water out of the workings, and for winding ore to the surface. Everything, from mine engine...