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Welsh Mines Society
Cymdeithas Mwyngloddiau Cymru
(Member of the National Association of Mining History Organisations - NAMHO)

Llechwedd Ddu Engine Shaft, Dylife - June 1999

An audience with GWHall at Rhyscog - June 2000

Old Ham, Forest of Dean - September 2002

'Coffin Level', Grogwinion - September 2000

WMS members in the Dolgellau Gold Belt - June 2002

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Notable Updates

Mar 2022 WMS meets programme,
latest update :
Spring Meet 2022

Feb-Mar 2021 WMS Newsletters
No.76-81 (2017-19)
now available here
+ earlier (1980's) here

Jul 2020 WelshMines.org
has a new web host : Mythic-Beasts.com

Jul 2013 George W. Hall
Prev' Hon President WMS
See here for Obituary

Administration

For details of our insurance, provided through the BCA, visit their Web Site.

The WMS is a member of the National Association of Mining History Organisations (NAMHO).

The WMS are
a member of the
Cambrian Caving Council
Visit their Web Site for their informative newsletters and other info.

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about these pages ?
Please e-mail Mike Munro Webmaster.

News & Info

The WMS meets programme continues to be severely affected by the COVID19/Coronavirus pandemic.
Visit the Current Meets page for details.

The next NAMHO conference titled
"Industrial Minerals"
is to be hosted by the
Cleveland Mining Heritage Society,
and held in Grosmont, North Yorkshire, on
Friday 17^t^h to Monday 20^th June 2022 (inc.)
More info : Conference News / Flyer / Main Website

Note: The 'Welsh Mines Access Group' control access to specific slate quarries in North Wales (currently Cwmorthin & Wrysgarn).
They have no direct association with the
Welsh Mines Society.
Read more here.

Cave Access Limited manage recreational access to various mines and caves on land owned by Natural Resources Wales.
(List of sites) The agreement is however currently under discussion.

Interested in underground exploration ?
Take a look at the excellent on-line resource
of StartCaving.co.uk

WMS Occasional Journal : 'Welsh Mines and Mining'

* Now Available *
No. 5 : WMS 2016 Conference Proceedings
"The Fascination that is in all Mining"
More Info &Order Details

Details of all WMS Occasional Journals

Caver Fatality in Coal Mine
Download and read the Coal Authority report
- it could save your life !

Officers of the Welsh Mines Society
Chairperson	Neil Culross
Editor	Raymond Griffiths
Secretary/Treasurer	David Roe

Quick Links

About Us
Learn more about the
Welsh Mines Society

Visit the web pages of the Welsh Mines
Preservation Trust

Cambrian Mines Trust
Curators of
Cwmystwyth Mines
& Dinas Silica Mines
(via. NAL )

NAMHO Guidelines
Essential reading for those exploring mines
& researching them.

Like to discuss mining history with other like minded individuals ?
Then sign on to the
Mining History Network discussion list.

British Geological Survey
- Non-coal mining plans
- Search for the Oldest
Mining Map
- View Geological Maps

Cambrian Mine Register
Search for
Metal Mines in Wales

About the : Welsh Mines Society

The Welsh Mines Society arose in June 1979 out of an informal meeting of subscribers to David Bicks' Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales. Sadly David died in January of 2006, (Obituaries : by GWHall and SJSHughes) but his influence on the research and preservation of Welsh mining history will never be lost.
From the start our ambitions have been modest enough - we never set out to do anything in particular, and, judging by attendance's (to our twice yearly field meets), we have succeeded pretty well.
Although we sought to do so little, much in fact has been done. Several (mining) sites have benefited from our labours, we have hosted NAMHO, and the Welsh Mines Preservation Trust, born of the WMS in 1991, has achieved a great deal. In addition, several members have worked closely with Cadw and the Royal Commission on Historical Buildings in recording and preservation. And, during the last 35 plus years, our interests have broadened into slate and even coal as well.