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South Minera, Dixon's Shaft

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 104365
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Esclusham
Unitary authority : Wrexham
NGR : SJ25654960
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE

Description :
Lead (Late 19th century-1913)

Geology
Cefn-y-fedw Sandstone overlying Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
A track leads uphill from Walkers' Shaft to Dixon's, entering the sett via two ponds and a long gulley.

Documentary evidence records an Engine house, built by the Wrexham Water Company, a cabin and stables as being on the sett in 1899.

A very large shaft at SJ25654960 has the remains of a balance pit for an "A" frame. An area of spoil remains to the east of the shaft.

The mine was partly drained by the Gomerian Level, which followed the South Minera Vein as far as Dixon's Shaft. Adit shafts along the Level can be located at SJ25005900, SJ26104880, SJ26154865, SJ26254850, and SJ26304835.

The Minera Mountain Company (1877-1913) incorporated the workings of South Minera and Park.

Transport
A substantial trackway connects Dixons to Walkers shaft. The reference to stables infers transport by horse and cart.

Power
Between the shaft at SJ25654960 and the ruined engine house to the north of it are the remains of a pit with two mounting bolts. Mounting bolts remain in the stonework of the engine house, suggesting a horizontal engine, and boiler house foudations to the west of it. A decorative "Arch" feature appears to underlie the engine base at its northern end.

Processing
No evidence.

Other features
The foundations of a two-roomed building remain to the east of the shaft and a possible mine office or store remains at basal layers further to the east, on the edge of the sett.

Sources :
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1993 , Site visit record - PRN104365

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Compiled date : 31-07-1985


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April 20, 2025, 1:13 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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