Brynamman, Amman Valley 732138

An anthracite drift mine owned and managed by Hubert Huxham in 1884. It was later owned by the Blaencaegurwen Colliery Company in 1896 when it employed 73 men underground and 16 men on the surface and was managed by Owen Powell.

Mr. Powell was still the manager in 1909/11 when this colliery employed 296 and 308 men respectively. In 1910 it was working the Peacock, Big, Middle and Lower seams. In 1913 it employed 383 men and was managed by W. Samuel while in 1916/18 it employed 384 men and was still managed by W. Samuel. In 1923 it employed 291 men working underground and 63 men working at the surface of the mine and was still managed by Mr. Samuel.

It abandoned the Big Vein in March 1912, and then in August 1914 it abandoned the Brass Vein.

In 1930 D.J. Walters was the manager and it employed 298 men working underground and 65 men working at the surface of the mine.

By 1917 there had been a slight change to the owner’s name, they had now become the Blaen-cae-Gurwen Collieries Limited and were affiliated to the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association.

In January 1926 it abandoned the Peacock Seam. The Little Brass Vein was abandoned in 1929 and the Trigloyn, Lower and Middle Seams in 1933.

The No.3 slant abandoned the Brass in January 1926 while the No.3/Pantcelyn abandoned the Big Vein in April 1926.

It was still listed as being owned by this company in 1932 when it was managed by E. Alexander and employed 390 men but it had disappeared by 1935.

  • On the 23rd of December 1885, David Jones, aged 44 years, and a collier, died under a roof fall.
  • On the 23rd of August 1911, Morgan Williams, a collier, died under a roof fall.
  • On the 14th of November 1913, Thomas Walker aged 19 years and an assistant repairer was killed when run over by trams.
  • On the 3rd of May 1927, G. Williams, aged 22 years, and a collier, died under a roof fall.

Some statistics:

  • 1896: Manpower: 89.
  • 1899: Manpower: 202.
  • 1900: Manpower: 185.
  • 1901: Manpower: 198.
  • 1902: Manpower: 256.
  • 1903: Manpower: 256.
  • 1905: Manpower: 284.
  • 1907: Manpower: 317.
  • 1908: Manpower: 202.
  • 1909: Manpower: 296.
  • 1910: Manpower: 324.
  • 1911: Manpower: 308.
  • 1912: Manpower: 427.
  • 1913: Manpower: 383.
  • 1916 to 1920: 3 Manpower: 84.
  • 1923: Manpower: 354.
  • 1924: Manpower: 340.
  • 1926: Manpower: 390.
  • 1927: Manpower: 231.
  • 1928: No.2: Manpower: 195 No.4: Manpower: 157.
  • 1930: Manpower: 363.
  • 1931: Manpower: 390.
  • 1933: No.2: Manpower: 20.

 

Information supplied by Ray Lawrence and used here with his permission.

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