Report - Moel Fferna Slate Mine - Wales - June 2013

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Visited with Two Non-Members

Well back underground again! This has been on the list for a while, everytime someone has gone down I've been busy so great to get it ticked off! Cracking mine, return visit is definately on the cards as the place is huge! Its extremely difficult to capture the size of the caverns in a photo, but they are huge!

History

This quarry lies at the end of the valley Moel Fferna. The mine opened in the 1870s and was worked almost entirely underground and eventually working on seven levels. Its developed a reputation for good slab and efficient working. Until a mill was built in 1911 slab was taken to the Nant y Pandy mill. The mill that was constructed used a gas engine to power sand saws. In 1923 an oil engined electric generator enabled the mill to used diamond saws.

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