CHAP. VI. 



MINIXC KXTKIM'IMSE IN WALES. 



145 



tlu> coiiscfjiiciices of their trespass, and orders 

 were issued that summary proceedings should be taken 

 against them. 1 It appears that Sir Hugh and his parir 

 ners continued to work the mines with profit for a period 

 of about sixteen years, although it is stated that during 

 that time, in consequence of the large quantity of water 

 met with, little more than the superficies of the mine 

 could be worked. 2 The water must, however, have been 

 sufficiently got under to enable so much ore eventually 

 to be raised. Waller says an engine was employed at 

 Cwmsymlog ; and a tradition long existed among the 

 neighbouring miners that there were two engines placed 

 about the middle of the work. There were also several 

 " levels " at Cwmsymlog, one of which is called to this 

 day " Sir Hugh's Level." The following rude cut, from 

 Pettus' ' Fodinee Regales,' may give an idea of the 



. , DDELTUVS SILVER MINING WORKS AT CWMSYMLOG 



A. The old works of Myddclton and Bushel 1. 



B. The round holes are the shafts of the mine. 



C. Windlac" to wind up ore from the shafts. 

 I). A new vein. 



K. Sir II. Myddelton's adit. 



F. A new adit. 



0. Adits to drain works. 



H. Myddelton's decayed chapel. 



I. Old stamping-house. 



K. The smelting mills, supposed six miles 



from the hill. 

 Ij. Unwrought ground. 

 AI. The brook that divides the hill. 

 N. The stream which drives the mills. 



1 * State Papers,' Jas. I., vol. clii., 

 22. 



2 So stated in the certificate from 



VOL. I. 



the miners presented to the liujht 

 Hon. the Lords and others of II. M. 

 Privy Council (1042). 



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