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Wrysgan Slate Mine level 6 adit to level 1 adit

David Willis | 19 February 2014

Excellent trip, though i wasn't a fan of the climb up the mining cart winch... don't look down i remember thinking, :-s anyway seeing the gear box and engine for the winch at the top within the housing area and then some outbuildings, wow suddenly things started looking promising. We...

Wrysgan Slate Mine level 6 adit to level 1 adit

Margot Saher | 19 September 2013

When we were parked for Cwmorthin we saw a beautiful incline on the opposite hill, which seemed to lead into a hole. We figured it would be worth having a look. Laura had been to the top of the incline, and to the quarry she said was behind it, but...