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Dolaucothi Gold Mines

The Dolaucothi Gold Mines (Welsh: Mwynfeydd Aur Dolaucothi) also known as the Ogofau Gold Mine, are ancient Roman surface and underground mines located in the valley of the River Cothi, near Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

The gold mines are located within the Dolaucothi Estate which is now owned by the National Trust. They are the only mines for Welsh gold outside those of the Dolgellau gold-belt, and are a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The mines were reworked in the 1930s and were leased to Cardiff University between 1975 and 2000 who made the workings safe for visitors.

The surface buildings and headgear resemble those used during the 1930s working period, though are not the originals having been recovered from the Halkyn area of Flintshire.
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  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    A wagon tippler located near the car park.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    The entrance area

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    The entrance area

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    New Shaft head frame. The headgear frame is not the original. It came, along with some of the buildings and plant, from Holywell-Halkyn Mining and Tunnel Company's Olwyn Goch lead and limestone Mine at Hendre, near Rhydymwyn, Mold in 1987.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    An Eimco Rocker Shovel, battery locomotive chassis and mineral wagons.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    An Eimco Rocker Shovel, battery locomotive chassis and mineral wagons in the mine yard.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    View across the mine yard to the miners' training workshop building, gold panning is offered to visitors to the side of this building.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Mine tram with Miners' Mess Room to the right.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Eimco rocker shovel, headgear

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Adit entrance

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    General view of the mine yard.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    General view of the mine yard.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Compressor House exterior

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    View across the yard to the café and shop building.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Interior of the assay office.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    View between the compressor and workshop sheds.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Compressors with their electric drive motors.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Switchgear in the compressor house.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Switchgear in the compressor house.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Switchgear and Bellis & Morcomb compressor in the Compressor House.

  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Dolaucothi Gold Mines - August 18, 2017

    Compressor

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