Bwlch Glas Mine

Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

Mineral specimens from Bwlch Glas Mine, a former lead, silver and zinc mine in the Ceredigion county of Wales, UK.

The mine is best known for its pyromorphite and galena specimens.

Bwlch Glas translates to ‘blue gap’. It was worked between 1889 and 1923, peaking in around 1910.

There are some minor remains on the surface of this mine, but typically little more than concrete blocks and building remnants.

There are several good, if a little terrifying explorations of the mine on the 28dayslater urbex website.

 

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