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Minera Mines, Roy's Shaft

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 104276
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Minera
Unitary authority : Wrexham
NGR : SJ27225105
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL SILVER MINE / POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE / POST MEDIEVAL ZINC MINE

Description :
Lead/Silver/Zinc (1852-1913)

Geology
The Main Vein and Red Vein in Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
Roys' Shaft is located alongside the mineral railway to the north-west of Meadows. The shaft and the sandstone foundations of the winding Engine House are within Area 3b of the Minera Reclamation Scheme conducted by Wrexham Maelor Borough Council, being between the mineral railway line and beneath the road to New Brighton. The shaft is capped and has a surrounding square stone wall. The area remains amid spoil and dense vegetation.

Other named shafts in the area are Owen Jones, Brick and Oldfields.

Transport
The 1850s mineral railway serviced the site.

Power
A 16" horizontal cylinder winding engine also pumped and powered the crusher for the dressing floors.

Processing
The dressing floors were on site and a new Smelt Works was built at New Brighton by the New Minera Lead Mining Company in 1888.

Other features
An old magazine is supposedly located in the woodland in the vicinity of SJ27005110.

Sources :
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1993 , Site visit record - PRN104276

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Related records
CPAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 104263

Compiled date : 31-07-1985


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April 18, 2025, 12:22 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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