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Wrysgan (Slate)
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| Location: | Tan-y-grisiau, Festiniog 16 miles [26 km] SE of Caernarfon |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 115 Snowdon) SH676458, 52° 59' 34" N, 3° 58' 22" W |
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| Owners: | 1880's - Wrysgan Slate Quarry Co., Limited |
| Output: | 1884 - Slate. |
| 1890 - Slate. | |
| 1896 - Slate. | |
| 1900 - Slate. | |
| 1905 - Slate. | |
| 1910 - Slate. | |
| Employment: | 1884 - 93 (50 below, 43 surface) |
| 1890 - 90 (40 below, 50 surface) | |
| 1896 - 105 (52 below, 53 surface) | |
| 1900 - 117 (57 below, 60 surface) | |
| 1905 - 52 (21 below, 31 surface) | |
| 1910 - 31 (13 below, 18 surface) | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Griffith, John, 09 Dec 1901, aged 65, Tipman, He had gone down a rubbish heap, probably to remove a big block which would interfere with the tipping. Another workman, not knowing he was there, tipped a load of rubbish on to him. Killed instantaneously | |||||
| Jones, John, 30 Mar 1902, (accident: 28 Mar 1902), aged 15, Gleaner, He went to interfere with the belt of a grindstone, and was drawn up to the driving shaft and so badly crushed that he died two days later | |||||
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If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wrysgan (Slate)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Wrysgan (Slate)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Liverpool and North Wales District (No. 7) by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Liverpool and North Wales District (No. 7) by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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