Archifdy Ceredigion Archives

Business Records - Pwll Roman Mine, Taliesin

ACC. 990

Ref: DB / 19

Deposited in Ceredigion Archives by the Archivist to Unilever,

The Lyceum, Bridge Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside L62 4UJ.

15 August 1996

Cyflwynwyd i Archifdy Ceredigion gan yr Archifydd i Unilever, The

Lyceum, Bridge Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside L62 4UJ

15 Awst 1996.

Documents relating to the Pwll Roman and Bryn Arian Silver Lead Mines near Tre

Taliesin in Cardiganshire. Jeremiah (1807 - 1885) and Edward (1808 - 1874) Colman,

uncles to Jeremiah James Colman who built up the Colman's Mustard Company in

Norwich were shareholders in these concerns. Other principal shareholders were James

Prybus and George Mason. Both mines were situated on the estate of Dolyclettwr ; the

mining company was set up in 1853, "to be worked on the cost book system". The

enterprise was short-lived and the company wound up in 1860.

1. COST BOOK of Pwll Roman Silver Lead Mine containing "Adventurer's

agreement on mine cost", share transfers, and costs and minutes of meetings.

1853 - 1860

2. DAY BOOK of Pwll Roman Silver Lead Mine : worker's wages and work

accomplished.

Jan. 1855 - July 1857

with additional payments September 1857

3. Bundle marked "Transfers Pwll Roman" containing share certificates and

mine cost book notices allotting 1/16th shares in ther mine.

1854

4. Itemised invoice for preparing lease of watercourse at Pwllroman Mine,

and lease of Brynarian mine, by Cooper and Hodgson, solicitors.

1854

With share certificate of Thomas William Prybus on Pwll Roman Silver

Lead Mine

5. Cost sheets and bills (24 numbered items) and assay of ore.

1853 - 1854


6. Monthly mine costs from 31 December 1854 - 27 January 1855

7. Monthly mine costs from 27 January 1855 - 24 February 1855

with labour costs to 3 March

8. Monthly mine costs from February 1855


9. Monthly mine costs from 21 April 1855 - 25 June 1855

10. Monthly mine costs from 16 June 1855 - 14 July 1855

with labour costs to 21 July

11. Monthly mine costs from 14 July 1855 - 11 August 1855

12. Monthly mine costs from 11 August 1855 - 8 September 1855

with labour costs to 15 September

13. Monthly mine costs from 8 September 1855 - 6 October 1855

with labour costs to 12 October

14. Monthly mine costs from November 1855


15. Monthly mine costs from 3 November 1855 - 1 December 1855


16. Monthly mine costs from 1 December 1855 - 31 December 1855

17. Monthly mine costs from 1 January 1856 - 26th January 1856

with labour costs to 2 February 1856

18. Monthly mine costs from 26 January 1856 - 23 February 1856

with labour costs till 1 March 1856

( and invoices and receipts Jan-Feb )

19. Monthly mine costs from 23 February 1856 - 22 March 1856

with labour costs till 29 March

(and invoices and receipts )

20. Monthly mine costs from 22 March 1856 - 19 April 1856

with labour costs till 26 April

21. Monthly mine costs from 19 April 1856 - 17 May 1856

with labour costs till 24 May

22. Monthly mine costs from 17 May 1856 - 14 June 1856

with labour costs to 21 June

23. Monthly mine costs from 14 June 1856 - 12 July 1856

with labour costs to 19 June

24. Monthly mine costs from 12 July 1856 - 9 August

with labour costs to 16 August

(and invoices and receipts)

25. Invoices and receipts to the Pwll Roman Mining Company 1853 - 1855

26. Invoices and receipts to the Pwll Roman Mining Company 1855 - 1856

27. Invoices and receipts to the Pwll Roman Mining Company 1855 - 1856

28. Invoices and receipts to the Pwll Roman Mining Company 1856

29. Cheque book stubbs from the Commercial Bank of London account of

James Prybus 1853 - 1856

30. Deposit book for the Commercial Bank of London (only 3 pages used)

1853

31. Bank book of the Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury & 6 Henrietta

Street, Covent Garden on account of Jeremiah Colman, George Mason &

James Pybus 1853 -1856

32. Used cheques from the account of "Colman and others" drawn on the

Commercial Bank of London. Bundle marked "Tax Receipts Mrs. West's

Cottage". 1853 - 1855

33. Business correspondence concerning the construction of Pwll Roman Mine

from Henry Francis, Captn. Jones and Charles Williams to James Prybus,

Henry Watson, and others. 1853 - 1857

34. Correspondence from Charles Williams, James Prybus and others re Pwll

Roman and Bryn Arian lead mines. 1854 - 1855

35. Copies of letters, mainly concerning Bryn Arian silver lead mine.

Including a plan, transverse section, and section of Pwll Roman Mine

June - July 1856

36. Correspondence re Pwll Roman mine 1857


37. Correspondence re Pwll Roman mine 1858

38. Inventory of convertible materials, machinery, ores and implements on the

mines of Pwll Roman and Bryn Arian n.d.

With letters from John Davies of Newtown re disposal of mine implements.

June - October 1857

39. Report on the Pwll Roman Lead Mine and Brynarian Mine by Henry Watson

July 1856

40. Insurance certificate issued by the Royal Exchange Assurance of London on

the premises of the Pwll Roman mining company in Aberystwyth.

1855 - 1856

41. Family tree of the Colman family c. 1650 - 1934

42. The History of J. & J. Colman S.H.Edgar

(typescript) n.d.

43. Jeremiah James Colman (1830 - 1898)

an offprint from Enlightened Entrepreneurs by Ian Campbell Bradley 1987

44. The Story of Colman's Mustard (brochure) n.d. c. 1995


45. "The Carrow Colony" : a history of Colman's of Norwich 6pp. n.d.