Ffeil D7/2 - Lead mines, Llanidloes and Machynlleth

Papers relating mainly to Cafartha, Van, Snowbrook and unspecified lead mines belonging to the Wynnstay estate in the parishes of Llanidloes, Llangurig, Machynlleth, and possibly Penegoes and Darowen, Montgomeryshire, (Watermark 1853)-1886. The file includes a blank mining tack-note (Watermark 1853); four draft leases by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn respectively to Thomas Savin, Sir John Conroy, William Hope and Edmund Walter Wingrove, and the Van Mining Company Limited, 1870-1871; letters sent or forwarded to Longueville and Co. from Owen S. Wynne of Plasnewydd, Harry L. Smith of Llanbryn-mair, G.J. Batters of Old Broad Street, London, T.H. Watson of Batley, Thomas Savin, John Taylor of Queen Street Place, [?] Roch of Walbrook, W. Prosser of Chelsea, Frederick Last of Queen Victoria Street, and others concerning negotiation of the leases and the credentials of the lessees 1868-1884; a prospectus of the Cafartha lead Mining Company Limited, 1870; and notices to John Walker Davies and Pryce Jones, and the Penyclun Lead mining Co. Limited, resulting from breaches of contract, 1881-1886