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BRECON WEST (metalliferous), CARMARTHEN (metalliferous), PEMBROKE (metalliferous)

BRECON WEST

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Abercrave Collieries Co., Abercrave, Swansea Valley	Abercrave	Abercrave	David J Davies	Thomas Davies	237	43
Blaen-cwm Colliery Co., 37 Windsor Rd., Doncaster	Blaencwm	Lower Cwmtrich	TW Curry	D Campbell Crerar	22	11
Brynhenllys Colliery Co., Upper Cwmtrich	Brynhellys	Upper Cwmtrich	Owen Powell	Rees D Powell	213	44
Diamond Anthracite Mine Co. Ltd., Ystradgynlais	Diamond	Ystradgynlais	Thos. R Davies		185	42
Dulais Anthracite Collieries Co. Ltd., Adelaide Chambers, Swansea	Dulais	Onllwyn	AF Railton	Wm. Jeffreys
Gilfach Anthracite Colliery Co., Exchange Buildings Swansea	New Palleg	Gwys			7	2
Gurnos Anthracite Colliery Co., Ystradgynlais	Gurnos	Ystradgynlais	Daniel Davies		183	30
Gwaunclawdd Abercrave Colliery Co., Metropolitan Bank Buildings, Wing St. Swansea	Gwaun-Clawdd	Abercrave	E Ll. Davies		78	23
International Anthracite Co Ltd., (DT Alexander Receiver and Manager) Eagle Chammbers, Swansea.	International	ditto	John D Daniel	Danl. John Walters	201	53
DE James, The Larches, Ystradgynlais	Pant Mawr	Ystradgynlais			28	16
South Wales Anthracite Colliery Co Ltd. Ystradgynlais	Yniscedwyn	ditto	W Williams	GW Lyddon	520	99
ditto	Ystradgynlais	Ystradgynlais	ditto	Wm Harris	190	40
ditto	ditto Slant	ditto	ditto		-	-
Jenkin Thomas, Glangiedd House, Ystradgynlais	Cwmbargoed	Cemgiedd, Ystradgynlais			2	-

 CARMARTHEN

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Ammanford Colliery Co., Ammanford	Ammanford Little Vein	Ammanford	Erne Hewlett	Jas. Pickton	278	104
ditto	ditto Red Vein	ditto	diito	Jas. Mort. Darbyshire	245	20
Baglan Colliery Co., 11 Williams Terrace, Burry Port	Penymyndd	Waun Baglan, Trisaran	Opening		9	5
Blaenhirwaun Colliery Co Ltd., 36 Station Rd., Port Talbot	Blaenhirwaun	Near Crosshands			-	3
Blaina Colliery Co., 2 Gloucester Place, Swansea	Blaina	Pantyffynnon	Geo. Roblings	Job Davies	165	70
ditto	Pantyffynnon	ditto	ditto	John Hugh Griffiths	268	80
ditto	Park Slant	ditto	ditto	Job Davies	165	70
Caeglas Anthracite Colliery Co Ltd., Arcade Chambers, Llanelly	Carglas	Pontyberem	William Rees		31	11
Caepontbren Colliery Co., Pontyates, nr. Kidwelly	Caepontbren	Pontyates	WC Jones		131	26
Caerbryn and Empire Collieries Ltd., Burrows Chambers, Swansea	Caerbryn No.1	Llandobie	Gwilym Rees	John Morgan	258	81
ditto	ditto No.2	ditto	ditto	ditto	5	-
Carway Collieries Ltd., 2 Cambrian Placee, Swansea	Carway	Pontyates	Wm. Lewis		76	17
Cawdor and Garnant Collieries Ltd., Garnant	Cawdor	Garnant	Morgan Morgan	Phillip Rees	194	46
ditto	Garnant	ditto	Thos. M Jones		69	33
Cilwern Collieries Ltd., 13 Exchange Buildings, Swansea	Cilwern	Llandebie			32	8
Closucha Colliery Co., Arcade Chambers, Llanelly	Closucha	Tumble Llanon	Thos. Wilkins		8	10
Closyryn Colliery Co. Ltd., Drefach, Llanarthney	Closyry	Drefach, Llanrthney	Evan W Morgan		66	12
Consolidated Anthracite Collieries Ltd., Blaendare, Pontypool	Raven	Garnant	Thos George	Wm. Brace	62	20
Crown Colliery Co., Forest Lodge, Llanelly	Crown	Lower Pwll, Lanaelly	Llanelly	Sinking	7	11
Cwmmawr Colliery Co., Cwmbach, Llanelly	Cwmmawr	Llanelly			25	5
ditto	New Castle	Pwll, Llanelly	Opening		-	-
G Davies, The Park, Ammanford	Malta	Pantyffynnon	Opening		6	3
Emlyn Colliery Co Ltd., 17, York Place, Swansea	Emlyn	Llandebie	Thos. Morgan	Evan Edwards	475	111
Evans and David, 6 Cambrian Place, Swansea	Nantyci	Pantyffynnon			5	4
Evan Evans, 2 Glasfryn Villas, Pencoed Rd., Burry Port	Tygwyn	Burry Port			2	-
Gellyceidrim Collieries Co. Ltd., 14 Cambrian Place, Swansea	Gellyceidrim	Glanamman	ER Fisher	David Lewis	433	77
Glanamman Anthracite Colliery Co. Ltd., 86 Cannon St., London	Glanamman	Ditto	KB Foyster		16	3
Glanmwcrwg Colliery Co Ltd., Llangennech	Glanmwcrwg	Llangennech	Henry W Thomas	Abondoned 6 July 1908	29	11
ditto	Penprys	dafen	ditto	Abandoned 26 June 1908	25	7
ditto	St Davids	Dafen	ditto	Pumping pit Abandoned 26th June 1908	-	-
Glynea and Castle Coal and Brick Co., Ltd., Brynea, Llanelly	Glynea	Brynea	Wm. Price	Thos. Prothero	187	31
Glynyreithin Anthracite Colliery Co Ltd., 10 Quay St., Ammanford	Glynyrethin	Ammanford	Idle during 1908		-	-
Gorse Colliery Co. Ltd., Dafen, Llanelly	Gorse Farm	Dafen	Abandoned 26 Dec, 1908		8	4
Great Morfa Colliery Co., 1 From Terrace, Llanelly	Penyfan Pit	Llanelly	AS John		10	6
Great Mountain Collieries Co. Ltd., Victoria Rd., Llanelly	Great Mountain	Tumble, Llanon	John Davies	Wm. Jones	440	143
ditto	ditto New Slant	ditto	ditto	ditto	23	13
Griffiths, Phillips and Co., 26 Exchange Buildings, Swansea	Brynllu	Trimsaran	Sinking		3	-
Gwendreth Anthracite Colliieries Co., Ltd., 12 Cambrian Place, Swansea	Gwendraeth	Pontyates	Dan. Meredith		315	60
David Harry Bros., Brynea. Llanelly	Genwen	Brynea	David Harry	Abandoned 31 July 1908	-	-
ditto	St George Llanelly	ditto	ditto		78	17
D Harry and Evans, Burry Port	Rhiwlas	Burry Port			24	4
David Jones, 6 Upper Church St., Llanelly	Stradey	Pwll, Llanelly			5	-
Thomas Jones, Mynyrafon, Glanamman	Duffryn Amman	Glanamman	Daniel Morgan		46	12
Llandebie Colliery Co., 2 Gloucester Place, Swansea	Llandebie	Llandebie	John Williams		89	20
Lloyd Bros., Pontyclerc Brick Works, Pantyffynnon	Pontyclerc	Pantyffynnon			-	2
Mathias and Howells, Hendry, Pontardulais	Benalt	Pontardulais			8	1
Myrtle Hill Colliery Co., 46 Coleshill Terrace, Llanelly	Myrtle Hill	Sylen Five Roads			10	1
New Cross Hands Collieries Ltd., Gloucester Chambers, Swansea	New Cross Hands	Llandebie	David F Davies	David Lewis	407	104
New Cwmmawr Colliery Co., (Lloyd & Treharne) Drefach, Llanarthney	New Cwmmawr	Llanarthney			15	7
New Dynant Anthracite Collieries Co., Cwmmawr, nr. Llanelly	New Dynant	Cwmmawr, Llanelly	FW Davies		17	14
New Gelly Colliery Co., Gwynfryn, Brynea, nr. Llanelly	New Gelly	Dafen	Sinking		9	4
New Henllys Anthracite Co. Lts., County Chambers, Swansea	Hellys Vale	Upper Cwmtwrich	Rich. E Rees		103	28
New Mwrwg Vale Colliery Co., Llangennech	Brynshafre Level	Llangennech	Abondeoned in Sept		3	2
New Pool Colliery Co., Burry Port	Bertha Level	Burry Port	RG THomas		42	10
Pan-Howell Colliery Co., 89 Marble Hall Rd., Llanelly	Pan-Howell	Pwll, Llanelly			6	-
Pant Colliery Co., 11 Williams Terrace, Burry Port	Pant	ditto			2	2
Penllwynhelyg Colliery Co., Delfyn, Ammanford	Pen-llwyn-helyg	Tirydail	Abandoned 11th July 1908		8	2
Pentremawr Colliery Co. Ltd., Pontyberen	Capel Ifan No.1 Slant ditto No.2 Slant ditto No.3 Slant	Pontyberem ditto ditto	RG Griffiths ditto ditto	David Lloyd ditto ditto	260 - -	73
Penygraig Coal Co.,Llwynhendy, Llanelly	Gardde	Llwynhendy			3	5
Ponthenry Colliery Co. Ltd., Pontyberem	Pontyberem, Clynhebog	Pontyberem	Thos. Seymoue	Thos. Thomas	81	26
ditto	Pontyberem Slants	ditto	ditto	Wm. Evans	260	104
Rhos Colliery Co., Pantyffynnon	Rhos	Panyffynnon	Lewis Jenkins		118	36
ditto	Wernos	ditto	ditto	Daniel Atkins	194	56
John Rowlands, Gwynfryn House, Burry Port	Cwm Capel	Burry Port	John Hewitt		106	9
Sandy Coal and Brick and Co. Ltd., Llanelly	Sandy	Llanelly	Wiliam Grey		48	12
Thomas Thomas, Five Roads Co., Llanelly	Graig level	Horeb, Five Roads, Llanelly Opening			3	-
William Thomas, Old Road, Llanelly	Ynys	Felinfoel			4	2
Wm. Thomas, Penybryn, nr. Llanelly	Canaan	Llanon, Tumble			2	2
Tirydail Colliery Co., Ltd., Gloucester Chambers, Swansea	Tirydail	Ammanford	WJ Owen		143	46
Trimsaran Co Ltd., Kidwelly	Waunhir	Trimsaran	TW Evans	William John	127	62
ditto	Cadean	ditto	ditto	ditto	8	3
Tyucha Colliery Co., 16 Pantyffynnon Rd., Ammanford	Tyncha	Llandebie	Opening		3	2
Wm. Watkeys Ltd., Llanelly	Achddu	Burry Port	John Bonnel		76	16
ditto	New Lodge	ditto	ditto		13	1
ditto	Llwyn, Slant	ditto	David Basset		20	8
ditto	Porthdafen No.1	ditto	ditto	Albert Lyon	152	4
ditto	ditto No.2	ditto	ditto	John Beynon	122	4
John Williams, Brook Cottage, Dafen, Llanelly	Bryn	Llanelly			5	2
Thos. Williams and Sons, Llangennech	Morlais	Llangennech	Thos. Williams	Robt. Rolfe	347	83
ditto	Talyclyn	Pontardulais	Thos. Williams		11	8
Ystradowen Colliery Co. Ltd., 21 Exchange Buildings, Swansea	Ystradowen	Upper Cwmtrich	Herbert Griffiths		52	18

PEMBROKE

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Bonvilles Court Coal Co., Saundersfoot	Bonvilles Court	Saundersfoot	Trevor A Parry	John Thomas	270	44
ditto	Kilgetty, Adit Level	Stepaside	ditto		4	25
WJ Canton, Nolton Haven, Broad Haven	Nolton	Nolton Haven			3	2
Freystop Colliery Co. Ltd., Gloucester Chambers, Swansea.	Freystop	Freystop	JG Simmons	Idle 1908	-	-
ditto	White Park	ditto	ditto	ditto	-	-
Gunter and Burry, Clayford, nr. Begelly	Masterland	Jeffreston			7	5
Wm. Hilling, Jeffreston, Begelly	Meads	ditto			8	4
Langdon Colliery Co., Begelly	Langdon	Begelly	RH Collingdon		2	2
Reynolton Colliery Co., (D Williams & RH Collingdon) Begelly	Reynolton	ditto		Drifting. Idle 1907	-	-
T Roch, Llether, Penycwm	Llether	Penycwm	Closed again		2	1
JG Summons, 2 Belle Vue Terrace, Haverfordwest	New Level Pit	Freystop Cross	JG Summons		3	3
Walters and Canton, Nolton Haven, Broad Haven	Chappel	Roch	Idle 1908		-	-
ditto	Trefrane Cliff	ditto	ditto		-	-

BRECON WEST (metalliferous)

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Agent	Minerals worked	Below	Above
Abernant Silica Brick and Cement Co., Glyn Neath	Lluest Tongilfach	Glyn Heath	Henry Harries	Sandstone	4	1
JB Jenkins and Co., Neath	Cwmcorrin Sand	ditto		ditto	13	13

CARMARTHEN (metalliferous)

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Agent	Minerals worked	Below	Above
O Davies, 15 Windsor Rd, Barry	Rhandirmwyb, Llandovery			Lead and spelter	4	1
WS Ogden, 4 Greta Villas, The Avenue	Hendir Lead Mine	Llangunnor	Alfred Evans	ditto	5	2
Ogofau Prioprietary Gold Mining Co Ltd., Pumpsaint, Llanwrda	Ogofau	Pumpsaint		Quartz containing cold	12	10

PEMBROKE (metalliferous)

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Agent	Minerals worked	Below	Above
The Pembrokeshire Mining Syndicate, Manorbier	Manorbier	Jameston	W Henry Fryer	Iron ore	2	2