LLanberis slate museum.......3.

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Model of slate cutters.

  

Slate wagon.

  

Quarry workers transport.

 

Today's edit....slate wagon.

An old quarry slate wagon. Not seen this here before, probably been dragged out of an old mine.

Walk to the ridge above Cwmorthin. 22

The ridge in the far centre of the shot was the original destination. 

Time to take the track back down into the valley.

The upturned remains of a slate wagon.

Passing the building which housed the waterwheel.

Penmachno to the miners village. 7

An upturned slate wagon, minus it's wheels.

Mine entrance.

Inside the mine entrance, blocked off to prevent entry. Sheep use it during poor weather.

Looking out from the mine.

Cwm Penmachno......Spring 2012. 10.

An abundance of Quartz in the Snowdonia National Park. Gold is also to be found where there is Quartz, so I am told, not discovered any as yet.

Slate wagon and abandoned building.

Upturned slate wagon. Valuable scrap metal, too heavy to carry. LOL

Hopefully will green up by the summer, doesn't look too healthy.