Ystrad Einion Cwm Einion Mid/North wales 09/10

[mistericeman]

This mine (copper/lead/bit of anything they found really)Had been on my "list" for some time ,
Finally got round to visiting it a couple of months ago ......Headed there with a good friend of mine and my significant other half .
Perfect Trip this was as i have a severe leaning towards the "rusty old machinery section ,while My other half prefers the mineralisation side of things ....BUT !!! we were both VERY happy to visit this mine as it has both aplenty ......
I am not going to go into great detail about the history of this place ,as i doubt that there would be anything i could post that wasn't already out there if looked for .

After a good few years being dragged around disused mine workings as a kid (by my Dad :ty) I can honestly say that it is a long ,long long time since i felt such awe at what we saw down there ......
It isn't a big mine by any means ,but it has a beauty in a kind of undisturbed peace that is a rare thing these days .What the chap that re-discovered it back in the seventies (with the lighting technology available then) must have felt as it was woken from it's long slumber ,must have been palpable .

Anyway pictures ......

Outside the mill
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/spellcaster69/Ystrad%20Einion%20trip/Ystrad-einion260910004.jpg

First adit we ventured in ....Ending in a collapsed (very wet)stope
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/spellcaster69/Ystrad%20Einion%20trip/Ystrad-einion260910008.jpg

Looking outbye to the last of the daylight
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/spellcaster69/Ystrad%20Einion%20trip/Ystrad-einion260910019.jpg

Industrial archeology porn ....
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/spellcaster69/Ystrad%20Einion%20trip/Ystrad-einion260910020.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/spellcaster69/Ystrad%20Einion%20trip/Ystrad-einion260910025.jpg

Flooded pump shaft/winding shaft
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/spellcaster69/Ystrad%20Einion%20trip/Ystrad-einion260910029.jpg

Flooded stope ...
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/spellcaster69/Ystrad%20Einion%20trip/Ystrad-einion260910034.jpg

Wrought iron "kibble"
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/spellcaster69/Ystrad%20Einion%20trip/Ystrad-einion260910046.jpg

Iron pryites (fools gold)in its vestigal stages ...
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/spellcaster69/Ystrad%20Einion%20trip/Ystrad-einion260910047.jpg

Plenty of Copper sulphite
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/spellcaster69/Ystrad%20Einion%20trip/Ystrad-einion260910053.jpg

"Shitites" (like Stalag ones but browner ....EEEEwwww !!!! ) Iron oxide and sulphur deposited drip by drip over many years
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/spellcaster69/Ystrad%20Einion%20trip/Ystrad-einion260910062.jpg

One of the (very thin ) frog colony living at the bottom of the main shaft
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/spellcaster69/Ystrad%20Einion%20trip/Ystrad-einion260910081.jpg
Simply stunning place (currently No 11 on my top ten places :smclap),
and well worth a visit BUT be careful as there are false floors/rotten timber/collapses aplenty waiting to catch you out .

Some VERY interesting acoustics in there too if you humm in the right places :thumb

[coops]

Looks well dodgy down there mate ..thanks for sharing

[nickweb]

Nice pics but this is the main thing that bugs me...

I am not going to go into great detail about the history of this place ,as i doubt that there would be anything i could post that wasn't already out there if looked for .
It's almost telling people to go look for information themselves, its best to put at least a little info.

[mistericeman]

If i thought i could add anything that hadn't already been written elsewhere Nick ...Believe me i would have done so.....

BUT I would only be re-writing what has already been posted on here (and no doubt on a plethora of other fora ) It can get a bit tedious (well speaking personally ) re-reading the same re-hashed info over and over again.

[boxfrenzy]

More fantastic miney type stuff - love the pictures and the report too - nice to hear from someone who knows what they are looking at and lets the dim reader like me know what I am looking at :thumb

Don't worry about repeating a bit of history. Although some might know it, there will be loads more who haven't ever seen it before. A couple of lines can make a big difference and provide a bit of context for the report too, even it if it is a quick rehash. Good report there mate :thumb

[captain cave man]

Very nice ian.......love this place its on my must do before i breath again lists.....