The buildings of the Lan Colliery on the lower right. The colliery worked the Brass and Forked seams about 700 yards into the hillside. |
Tyncoed Colliery started working in 1895 and ceased during the First World War about 1915. |
Twelve men and boys were killed in the explosion at Lan Colliery on 6th December 1875. Three hundred men worked in the colliery with 150 in the pit on that day. The Brass Vein was normally well ventilated and men worked using naked lights. But one of the workers struck a hole into a gas void which rushed out and exploded. |
The main exit (the highest) from South Cambria which led to the inclined tram-road joining the Barry railway siding. |
Coal Mines
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