Prestatyn Weekly

TALAR GOCH. Although twenty years have passed since the time when the celebrated Talar CrOch mine was in full swing, efforts have been made by various parties daring the interim to pick up the crumbs from among tliel waste heaps which are seen along the side of the main road between Meliden and Dyserth. The firm of Messrs Hughes and "Lancaster of Acrefair, Ruabon, gave up their project in May, 1884. In vain did they endeavour to pump the mine with their huge 100-inch cylinder engine, and also their smaller 50- inch, 30-inch, and' two 15-inch cylinder engines. It was like trying to pump the sea dry ;"in fact it was thought that the sea really did.'find its way .into one of the seams which runs close to the briny waters. Pumping for eighteen months, with an expenditure for coal alone of QUOO per month, and but a disproportionate return for the outlay, was the real cause of the final aban- donment. of the mine which had been for so long the means of providing much succour to the district. The final scone between the management and the men occurred when a meeting was called, and the situation explained. It was not an agreeable position for either side, and the men fell in with the arrangement to bring up the plant from^tlie workings below. A reaction"among the men caused a deal of trouble. They refused tajj bring up the plant, and created such a disturbance that the military were called out to keep order. Miners irom Wigau were engagedjjto take the places of the strikers, but in spite of all efforts a vast amount of machinery had to be I left down the mine. It has been stated that the pumping of the mine, in order to recover the machinery, would he a profitable under- taking. This is, however, open to doubt. Twelve husidred tons per month of Point- of-Ayr coal, at ten shillings a ton, was used for eighteen months" in the great leffoi-t to pump the mine. It ia said, by an authority that'the mine|eould be made to again pay well with a capital ot £ "250,OuO, but this, huge sum is not so easily collected in thsse days of competition. The 100-inch cylinder engine which played so important a part in the pumping is now working at Gwersyllt. It originally cost £ 15,00 > and was'sold for* £ i,CKK) to Messrs. Dennis and Co. A crack which had been made was repaired in Sandycroft foundry, at a cost of £ 1000, and it stands now as the finest pumping eugiuo in North Wales. The lessors of Talargoch mine are the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Lord Mostyn, Lord Windsor, W. W. E. Wynne, Esq., and Mrs Rowley Conwy. The mine has been worked by a succession of companies. Previous to Messrs. Hughes and Lancaster, the Talargoch Mining Co., Ltd., incorporated on October 4th, 1875, worked until the 15tii of July, 1881, on which date the final meeting was held in Chester, to produce the accounts and show how the property of the company was finally deposed of. A. O. Walker, Esq., was one of the principal moving parties, and the capital of the company was £ 85,000. Previous to this the Old Talargoch Lead s Mining Co., Ltd. took the mine over from, fi 10 The Tilbrgúch Mining Co., Ltd." The surface-of the mine was 146 acres, but the underground workings were six times that < acreage. I Such was the faith of one well-to-do J shareholder, that he provided in his will that all his estates should, be sold except his shares in the mine. The total production of galena from the Talargoch mine in the years 1845-84 in- elusive amounted to 5V,7»>2 tons. yielding 43,821 tons of metallic lead (or about 75-8 per cent), and an average of 9-1 ounces of silver to the ton. The yield of blende in the years 1855-84 inclusive was 40,810 tons. The average yearly sale for the three years 1880-2 was 1,035 tons of lead, and 3,041 tons of blende. In the year 1833, though 2,910 tons of 0 blende ware raised, the production of lead fell to 391 tons. In May, 1884, the pumping being abandoned, the mine filled up with water to the day-level. In the year 1 ngg the mine, which was leased to a London Mining Company at the price of 12/- per ton, plus £ 40 a year, yielded to the company a profit of jg2,000 per annum. At this time 100 miners were employed. The mine at that time was the property of the Bishop of St Asaph for the time being, and his share passed subsequent- ly to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. A hundred years later a chronicler states that the production of lead in Flintshire was more than the production of the whole of the other eleven counties combined, so that aought but good report has favoured Talar- goch from time:immemorial. £ To be continued.^

Harvest Home. The Welsh Nonconformists here held united prayer meetings on Thursday as a thanks- giving for the harvest. The morning service was IKLI at the Wesleyan Chapel, in the afternoon at the C.M., and again in the evening at the Wesleyan Chapel. All the services were well attended.

Competitive Meeting. The Welsh Wesleyans intend holding a competitive meeting on Thursday next, and prizes will be offered for singing and recitations by children, quartette for adults, etc.

A Mishap. An incident which might have been atten- ded with disastrous results occurred in tin; village the other day. A resident, who was in charge of a horse and cart with a small load of hay, in attempting to cross the bridge which spans the stream opposite the Red Lion, negotiated the corner rather too abruptly, with the result that the pony, cart, and load were precipitated into the water. Fortunately there was no further damage done than a few bruises to the pony.

Parish Council A meeting of tho Parish Council was held on Friday evening last, when it was reported that a gate at the end of a public footpath leading past Llys F:)rm had been kept locked. It was decided to report the matter to the St, Asaph Rural Digfrict Council. The meeting decide.) to give notice to Miss Griffiths that the utile erected on the footpath leading to Pon-y-ma.es m ist be removed. Another matter which came under discussion was the present site oi the railway station. The members considered that it was in a very inconvenient spot. the approach being quite unsuitable, especially on d;1rk nights. It. was decided to communicate with the com- pany on the matter, and suggest that the station be removed nearer Tan'rallt Lane.

Football Match. Meliden TJllited played Melideri Victoria Swifts at the Bishop's Wood ground on Sat- urday. The United were much stronger than the Swifts, but the ratter piayed superior football. Half-time arrived with the score reading: United & goals, Swifts 3 goals. Aft.r changing ends D. Hughes, for the United, raced down to the Swifts' t,erritority but could not break through the defence, E. Thomas and D. J. Parry playing a rattling game. From a piss by W. 0. Thomas, Ted Parry-.scored for the Swifts. Both sides Dlayed very pluckily, and full-time arrived with the Scjro reading: United 8 goals, Swifts 7 goals.

u THE ONE-WHEELER." l To the Editor »f tk* I'r-'xiatjtn Wefkhj." c BUVR S:K, -Jn continuation of last week's letter I now avail myself of your kind g permission to refer to the question of the e management, the manipulation, and the ( possibilities of the Village Coach. j In the first place, we are all aware of the time-honoured proverb Rome was not built in a clay," nevertheless I am happy, almost proud, to say that through the kind instrumen- tality of our worthy village schoolmaster and t mistress, we have secured the desired end for f which the "One-wheeler" was intended, in ( that we bave gained the children's entire j confidence in treating it as the rallying object t for an Outdoor Choral Brigade." < I am now too old a soldier, figuratively 5 speaking, not to be aware that the world yet swarms with detractors, cold water sprinklers, ] lud dogs in the manger. Objections fire] ilways raised to a novelty of this kind. Who ioes not remember the opprobrium that the < ate good Dr Barnardo had to encounter at ;he starting of his grand adventure ? Or general Booth, some 20 or 3U years ago. ] with his Salvation Army ? Or the deeply lamented General Gordon with his boys' brigade, which is yet perpetuated in the Gordon Boys' Home. Fortunately, all such objectors have now to take a back seat," and are helpless in their efforts to swim against the incoming tide. Enough, Mr Editor, on this point. Now as to any constructive details of the One- wheeler," I leave ail that to the would-be keen criticisers who may possibly try to per- suade the public that the whole thing is wrong in principle, and neither fitted for up hill, down-hill, or level roads. We can therefore patiently await the wonderful im- provements which they may make or suggest. Then as to its general management and manipulation, I have far too much to say to suit the limited columns of your paper be- yond the following hints First, as a sleigh coach it is in its element on a damp or greasy high road that has been well travelled over, and is free from glaring ruts and other defects. Second, a newly macadamised road would therefore be a handicap. Third, Any drill- field should necessarily be free from long tufty grass, and should be fairly even. Time and space now warn me to conclude with the repeated assurance that I shall yield to no one in my anticipations of the valuable capacities of the rising generation. All ought to bear a hand in the proper development of the coming rulers of the world." -Yours faithfully, Meliden, P. A. WILLIAMS. October itta, J.900.

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[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Harvest Thanksgiving Services. On Tuesday night, 26th September, the Wesleyans at Peu y-ffordd held their annual Harvest Thanksgiving Services. A good congregation listened to the beautiful and instructive address of the Rev. Charles Jones, of Ehos. Last. Monday, the Rev. T. Mardy Bees, of Buckley. preached to a large congregation in a si milar meeting held at the English Con- gregational Chfpel.

AtlotherScholastic Success. Hywel Jones, son of Mr Get-bin Jones, Ffynnongroew, late of the Ffynnongroew Undenominational School, and at present a junior pupil of the Holyweil County School, has obtained a good place in the pass list of the recent examination of candidates for pupil teacherships, obtaining a total of SOG out of a possible 680.

More Living Accommodation* The much needed"hous 's vvhichJVfr Owen, Kidderminster House, is erecting afe progres- sing very satisfactorily, and will evidently bo shortly ready for the future occupants.

The New C.M. Chapel. At the beginning of last month the Cal- vinistic Methodists of Ffynnongroew opened a new chapel. The population has increased very much on the hill during Lhe last few years, and the W. sleyaas had already bnilt a small chapel some five or six years before. This has always been well filled every Sun- day. Stili, in addition to many Calvinistic members belonging to the surrounding c_l churches, there remained a largo number of In people at and around Pen-y-lfordd who atten- ded no place of worship. So the connection moved to form a new cause, and build a small chapel. The architect chosen was the Rev. Thomas Parry, Colwyn B oy, aud Mr M S. Rogers, of Flint, received the contract for building. Both of these gentlemen have accomplished their work in a highly satisfactory manner and the building is a credit to the neighbour- hood in desi-gn and construction. It accom- modates about 200 and the total cost is expected to be something under £ 800. Friends in the loca.lity have liberally subscribed to furnish the new church with every requisite. There is already a school of 71, and the prospect of a church of 40 members. -_u_ A. £

No Mean Achievement," It was a source of great satisfaction to he public of Ffynnongroew. but more especially to the members of the English Congregational Church to know of the I )ositioa taken by Hugh Thomas Jones in 3 ,he rocent examination at the Holywell 3 County School. To have taken the "open'' Scholarship of 935 per year for three years I fvith distinction in three subjects was no I I Mean achievement, especially when it is 1 remembered that the scholarship was com- f aeted for by all the other schools in the ( bouuty. Fresh from this success he has ^one forth, we hope, to greater conquests in the scholastic world. On Tuesday lie left home to spend a few days with his uncle, the Rev. T. W. Hodge, M.A., ( Leicester, preparatory to entering Mansfield College, Oxford, as a student for the Con- j gregational Ministry. With the blessing of God on his diligent work thore is, we doubt not, a very bright and useful life before him. His parents are deserving of ail praise for the sacrifices they have made to enable him to proceed to this old and historic seat of learning. ,+-

CLEVER DEVILS. A correspondent writes The remarks of the viCar^ of tilanasa, reported in your last week's issue, naturally call for comment. We do not want clever devils 1" Church people will have nothing to do with education where God's name is never heard." Speaking for nonconformists, neither do we want our children to be brought up in ignorance of the Holy Scriptures (we are even more anxious for them to have a good religions education than churchpeople) but we do not want their young minds to be set against the beliefs of their own parents, and prejudiced at the very outset against a view of religion supported by common-sense. Our children must not be placed into the hands of those who will make their religious opinions unworthy of their progenitors. Nonconfor- mist schools do not produce clever devils any more than schools conducted by the Established Qilluc4.

Hwfa Mon. Gofid i gitlon cenedlyw clywed fod yr Arch- dderwydd yn wael ei iechyd, y mae wedi ei gaethiwo Ïw ystafell er's rhai wythnosau bellach, ac nid oes neb yn cael ei weled ond. ei berthvnasau a'i gyfyillion agosaf. Mae yr Arehdderwydd yn 8u mlwydd oed, a dywedir mai yn ddiweddar y daeth i wybod ei Ibu mor hen, Credai nad oedd ei oed ond 78, ond y flwyddyn hon eafodd ar ddeall ei fod yn hynach o wyth mlyneud nag y tybiai, a dichon fod hyny wedi effeithio er gwaeth ar ei iechyd. Dywedir fod rhai o brif foneddigion y Deyrnas yn anfon pellybyron i'r lihyl at deuiu yr Arehdderwydd, i holi o berthynas i'w iechyd. Y dydd o blaen galwodd Lady Mostyn i edrych am dano, yn ei motor rar. Hyderwu y ceiff Rwfa adferiad buatt, fel ag i wasa,naethu yr Orsedd a'i genedl.

Y Diweddar Barch J. Morlais Jones. Bu y gwr nchud farw yr wythnos d-liwed- daf. Yr oedd un o bregethwyr Cymreig enwoeaf Llundain. Yn 1895 'dewiswyd cf yn gadeirydd Undob Annibynwyr Cymru a Lloegr.

Rhy! a'r Cymraeg. Rhyw chwarter canrif yn ol, darlu i Miss Ruth Evans, Havdock, adeiladu ysgol yn Rhyl, gwerth 7000p., am y rheswm fod pobl y dref yn gwrthod sefydlu Bwrdd Ysgol. Gwnaoth Miss Evans ammod, y pryd hyny, y byddai iddi werthu yr ysgol am swm peno- dedig, pe syfydlid Bwrdd Ysgol yn y dref. Pan ddaeth awdurdodau addysg lleol i gy- meryd yr ysgol o dan en ilywodraothiad, gofynwyd am rent o lOOp y flwyddyn, a bod ammod i'w gosod yn y weithred yn gwa- hardd dysgu y Gymraeg yn yr ysgol. Onid yw yn syn fod Cymru a Rhyl wedi bod cyhyd yn cynal sefydliad addysgol oedd yn ceisio tori bedd i hen iaith e'u gwlad a'u cenedl ? Dygwyd y mater i sylw Pwyllgor Addysg Sir Flint, yr wythnos diweddaf, a dywedir ei fod wedi ei roddi i ystyriaeth pwyllgor arbenig.

Anrhydedd i Gymro. Y dydd o'r blaen etholwyd yr Henadur I Walter Vaughan Morgan, yn Arglwydd Faer ] Llundain. Y mae yn hum o deulu Gymreig o ochr c'i dad a'i fam, ac yn enedigol o sir • Fryeheirtiog. Nid yw yr HetlïtdnrMorgan yn briod, a bydd i'r swydd o Faeres gael ei llannw gan ei nith.

Arglwydd Mostyn a Llandudno- Y mae y bOflneddwr nchù3 vn 01 "i addewid i Gyngor Biuosig Llandudno wn.Ji t.rehn i newid pryilU^sorydil y dref o 09 mlynvdd i 999 mlynedd. a hynv rn- IsWan rhrsyrnol.

Pwyllgor Ad.4yag Sir Flirit. Cyfarfu y pwyllgor uchod yn y Wyddgrug yr wythnos ddiweddaf i ystyried yr ntebion gafwyd i'r cylch-iythyr a anforiwyd allan ganddynt, yn mis Mawrth diweddaf, gvda gohvg ar gytlog athrawon o dan Article 50" mewn ysgol ion elfenol.

Marwolaeth Henafgwr. é Drwg geeym gofnodi am farwolaeth Mr Hugh Jones, gynt o Ben-y-cefn, Newmarket, yr hyn a gymerodd le dydd Mawrth diweddaf. yn mhreswylfod ei ferch, Mrs Alun Davies, Gronant Terrace, Prestatyn. Cymer y claddedipradh le dydd Sadwrn nesaf. Cleddir yn Newmarket, a bydd yr 11 angladd yn cychwyn o Prestatyn iinl 1 o'r gloch y prydnawn. Bydd yr angladd yn un cyhoeddus. r

THE MID-FLINTSHIRE LINE. I In reply to the application of the County I Council for particulars of various districts which they are collecting for the purpose of laying before the Great Central Railway Company with a view to getting them to extend their line through the central portion of the county, the Whitford Parish Council have forwarded the following report There is no doubt that a line travelling I the upper district of Whitford as part of a system through Mid-Flintshire, with emmec- i tions as suggested by the Kalkyn Parish! Council, would be of groat benefit to the parish,- and, it is believed, would prove a paying concern to the promoters. The population of the upper portion is nearly half that of the whole parish, which is 3,212. There are in the district some of the best limestone quarries in the county, in good working order, but the cost of cartage to the nearest station prevents the chance of com- petition with quarries which are nearer to a station, and so hampers the full development of the quarries. There is lead ore in sight in the mines, which latter, however, have not been worked in consequence of the immense volume of water, and if a railway were made through the district it is confidently believed that investors would be induced to speculate and drain off the water. Greater railway facilities also to Pantasaph, situated at present over fotir miles from a railway station, would increase the already considerable number of visitors who arc attracted to this spot, and would no doubt give au impetus to building j operations in that healthy locality."

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