Welsh Mines Society Cymdeithas Mwyngloddiau Cymru

 As to the programme of events, this was as follows:

Summer Meet – Weekend 8^th-9^th June.
  Leaders; David Seabourne & George Hall.  Location; Dolgellau Gold Belt, Merionethshire.  Headquarters; The Fairbourne Hotel, Fairbourne, Nr. Dolgellau, LL38 2HQ.  Tel. (01341) 250 203.

•  Saturday - Meet at 11 a.m. at the bridge in Bontddu (NGR SH 669 186 - View OS Map).  Members walked to the Vigra mine where packed lunches were consumed.  In the afternoon a visit was made to Clogau/Old Clogau or alternatively some members took a look into some of the open stopes above the upper dressing floor at Vigra.

•   Saturday Evening - Dinner at The Fairbourne Hotel £11.50 per head, 6:30 for 7pm.  Click here to download the menu.   A slide presentation was given by Harold Morris on some of the more recent mining activity at Clogau, followed by another presentation by Chris Williams on some of the plates by J. C. Burrow of Cornish mines at work in the late 1800's.

•  Sunday - Meet at 10 a.m. at forestry lay-by above Tyn y groes Hotel, Ganllwyd, (NGR  SH 716 236 - View OS Map), for a visit to Cefn Coch Mine and the earlier Berllwyd Mill.  After lunch at the rendezvous point, members visited Glasdir Copper Mine for a surface tour by Harold Morris, or for a scramble down into the open works with Bryan Grimstone.