Bwllch Colliery

Cwmavon, Afan Valley

This mine was worked prior to 1917 by T. David who then formed the Bwllch Colliery Company which was not a member of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association.

In 1918 it employed 10 men underground and 4 men on the surface. It was worked in the 1920’s abandoning the Wernddu Rider in January 1926.

This was also the name of a small level that was worked under license from the National Coal Board and owned in 1960 by J. Kmiec, and in 1988 by the Bwllch Colliery Company.

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