Trip to Parys mountain.....15.

Final pic's from Parys Mountain.

Discarded mining equipment.

 

I think this is one of the copper recovery beds.

 

Trip to Parys mountain.....14.

Scrap mining equipment.

  

Heavy duty three phase transformer core.

 

Trip to Parys mountain.....11.

Mother nature slowly reclaiming the land.

Trip to Parys mountain.....10.

View from the observation area.

 

Trip to Parys mountain.....9.

Close up.

 

Looking down on the open cast mine.

  

Coming to the observation area.

 

Trip to Parys mountain.....8.

Close up of the rocks.

 

Trip to Parys mountain.....7.

Open cast copper mines.

 

Trip to Parys mountain.....6.

Windmill doorway. 

 

Trip to Parys mountain.....5.

From inside the tower.
 

A view from the mountain.
 

Trip to Parys mountain.....4.

Trip to Parys mountain.....3.

Archive shots 11.

The final shots from Parys Mountain.

What remains of the windmill that provided the power to pump water from the underground workings.

Archive shots 10.

Parys mountain.

The mountain was marked out into various areas to be worked, this is one of the remaining markers.

The last time I visited I found the lake had been drained.

Archive shots 9.

Parys mountain.

The lake is certainly not a place to swim, still very acidic.