Anyone know this mine

[Ian A]

Got these piccies via FB ... anyone know anything about it?

[Loz]

Brilliant adit or possible shaft Must be summit big the size of that portal

[Anthony Britner]

Broncoed colliery, found the following stuff online, chances are someone in the club has other info.

NOTICE    is   hereby    given,    that    the    Partnershipsubsisting   between   us  the   undersigned,    carryingon  business  as Colliers,  at  Broncoed,  in  the  parish  of  Mold,in  the  county  of  Flint, under   the  style  and  title  of  TheBroncoed  Colliery Company, has  this  day  been  dissolved  bymutual  consent, so far  as  respects  the  undersigned,  SamuelWilliamson, William Williamson, and  Edward  Henry Wil-liamson.â€"As witness our  hands this  2nd day  of  June 1851.Sam.   Williamson.          C. Lloyd.Wm.  Williamson.           William   Shepherd.Ediod. H.   Williamson.

Shepherd    William    BRONCOED COLLIERY, MOLD    FL    PROPRIETOR    1856    1856 DIR

From the Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire…15th December 1866

MOLD. THE "GOLIATH" AT BRONCOED COLLIERY.â€"The splendid pumping engine named "Goliath," at this colliery, gave its first stroke on Wednesday last, when the workmen assembled on the bank and hailed the event with shouts of hurrah. We understand that this engine was purchased of a water company in Glasgow, and has been fixed at Broncoed, under the superintendence of Mr Hales, the manager, whose erection and arrangement of the engine and engine-house deserves  the greatest credit. .....(part extract).......

[Loz]

Nice bit of info I thought it may of been part of the oak pits colliery if anyone has any interest in having a little dig about in that entrance let me know

[Steve]

Digging? Who are you and what have you done with loz

[Steve]

How far does it go in do you think ?

[Loz]

I’m only interested in digging summit I know is there an not guessing
I don’t see making my own cave as caving sorry

[Steve]

I’m only kidding

[Loz]

If you want a dig there I will happily help plus I have more places that maybe worth a look 3 adits an a few shafts all coal so will mess to be hush hush

[Robin Jones]

If it's the one I'm thinking of, It's not a mine.  There are about 30 similar tunnels in the area which were simply built to maintain the flow of water under the railway line which no longer exists:


Not the exact tunnel in question, but one on the same stretch of line


you can see it is back filled from the other side of the railway line

[Anthony Britner]

[quote="Sweetie" post=37503]If it's the one I'm thinking of, It's not a mine.  There are about 30 similar tunnels in the area which were simply built to maintain the flow of water under the railway line which no longer exists:

[/quote]

Agree it's more likely to be railway related, there was a branch line to the colliery.

plus the British geological society borehole map shows no shafts near the location indicated on the drawing supplied to Ian.

[Loz]

No it’s defo a coal miners it’s not under the stretch of old line I will attach a coal board maps to say it’s what it is

[Loz]

I’ve circled them on the map

[Loz]

I’ve circled the location of the mine I’ve found an lined the rail track

[Loz]

The arch is much larger in the photo Ian put up