Prominent workings all over hillside. Deep adit up to Victoria level can be explored as part of the show mine.
There is a reference to Sygun in the Mining Journal, 29th November 1851 as Hafod y Llan, but Hafod y Llan is a distinct and separate concern on the other side of the valley.
The Mining Journal 1851-11-29: Vol 21 Iss 849 does go on to describe a proposal by a company called Hafod y Llan Copper & Lead Mines Company to purchase and work both Hafod y Llan and Sygun. Hiram Williams and Ernest Noel were the consulting mine engineers. Some more details on Hiram Williams are available at the link below.
| Year | Activity |
|---|---|
| c1830-36 | Worked by adit, ore value greater than £2,800 |
| 1836 | Changed name to Llwyndy Mine Company |
| 1868-70 | Returned 78 tons ore |
| 1882 | Taken over by Henry Maudsley and agent Charles Kneebone |
| 1897 | Owner Stanley Elmore, Kneebone as agent |
| c1900 | Equipped with Elmore flotation equipment |
| c1907 | equipment dispersed |
| 1980s | Becomes mining museum |
Summary from Bick
External Links
Publications (32)
- (1983); WMS Newsletter Issue 09 Dec; 3 pages
- (1984); WMS Newsletter Issue 10 Jun; 3 pages
- (1984); WMS Newsletter Issue 11 Dec; 7 pages
- (1985); WMS Newsletter Issue 13 Dec; 4 pages
- (1986); CATMHS - Newsletter 015-December; 26 pages
- (1986); WMS Newsletter Issue 14 Jun; 3 pages
- (1987); CATMHS - Newsletter 017-Summer; 21 pages
- (1988); WMS Newsletter Issue 18 May; 12 pages
- (1988); WMS Newsletter Issue 19 Dec; 6 pages
- (1991); CATMHS - Newsletter 031-November; 31 pages
- (1999); CATMHS - Newsletter 057-June; 19 pages
- (1999); WMS Newsletter Issue 41 Nov; 16 pages
- (2000); CATMHS - Newsletter 060-June; 20 pages
- (2001); WMS Newsletter Issue 44 Apr; 10 pages
- (2003); WMS Newsletter Issue 49 Winter; 32 pages
- (2004); WMS Newsletter Issue 50 Spring; 40 pages
- (2004); WMS Newsletter Issue 51 Winter; 32 pages
- Bick, D.E. (2003); Old Copper Mines of Snowdonia, The; pp. 71-84
- Brown, Ivor J. (2009); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 17-4 Win - NAMHO so far - What has it Achieved; 8 pages (92-99)
- Edited by D. J. Linton (2012); Welsh Mines & Mining - Towards a Better Understanding - New Research on Old Mines; 152 pages
- Jackson,P. (1973); NCMRS Mem 2(3); Notes on Sygun Mine; pp. 149-150
- Nicholls, Keith H. and Hutchinson, Jon (2015); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 19-3 Sum - Lead and Zinc mining in Flintshire - the engineering legacy for new development; 7 pages (74-80)
- NMRS (1973); Memoirs Vol2, No.3; pp.149-150
- NMRS; British Mining 78 - Memoirs 2005; pp.114
- NMRS; Newsletter Feb/1980; pp.2
- NMRS; Newsletter Feb/1986; pp.5
- NMRS; Newsletter May/1984; pp.2
- NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1983; pp.2
- NMRS; Newsletter Sep/1984; pp.1
- NMRS; Newsletter Sep/1986; pp.10
- NMRS; Newsletter Sep/1987; pp.10
- Williams, C.J.; NMRS (1995); British Mining 52 - Great Orme Mines, The; ISBN 0901450 39 1; pp.18.
