Wales' gold mines. There are almost two dozen mines in Wales. According to the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) there are 23 gold mines in total.

Abandoned slate mine in Wales now world's deepest hotel 01:59. Snowdonia, Wales — The Welsh countryside offers stunning vistas, with rugged peaks framing sweeping landscapes. But from the Deep ...

Slate mining in Wales Last updated: 19 October 2010 If South Wales is synonymous with coal or 'black gold', then North Wales has been equally blessed and cursed with its equivalent - slate.

Wales' gold mines. According to the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) there are 23 gold mines in Wales. ...

In its early-20th-Century heyday, the valleys of South Wales boasted more than 600 coal mines, and employed some 200,000 men in a region that ranked as the world's largest coal exporter. But amid ...

Wales is intoxicated by its mining past. Owing its industrialization to coal, its mining has shaped the destiny of this small nation of 3.1 million inhabitants. But today, ...

Workers say they are doing it "tough" after the US-owned company Peabody locked them out without pay in response to ...

Ioan Lord is rediscovering Wales' lost mines. Their existence and whereabouts have been forgotten about for hundreds of years. He believes there are more than 1,000 mines in mid Wales alone - and ...

Five countries plan to revive the use of a weapon prohibited by treaty for more than a quarter of a century, hoping to ...

A bill making it easier to build a road to Prince of Wales Island mines has gotten some attention in the nation’s Capitol.Download AudioCongressman Don Young’s measure would allow construction ...

The student, 24, from Ceredigion, has made it his mission to rediscover long forgotten mines in Wales. Their existence and whereabouts have been lost from knowledge for hundreds of years.