| Beer ,Thomas |
Sanderson's successor as Chief
Agent at Plas Newydd in 1851. |
|
Bingley Rev
Edward |
Visitor to the mines in 1798 who
left a good description of mine operation. |
| Boulton , Mathew |
Entrepreneur from the Midlands
who had a great influence on the industrial revolution. |
| Burke , Edward |
Listed as Vitriol works manager
in 1851 census. Born in Ireland. |
| Buzza ,William & George |
Two brothers who were shown the
best bargains in the mine by Trewen in 1863. This lead to a miners strike
and the eventual resignation of Trewren. |
| Cartwright John |
Bayley's mineral agent who on 13
Sept 1762 was paid £225/9/11 for 2 years and 11 months work in "reopening
the old works at parys mountain" (MMS 2242)
He had arrived at the mines in 1760 from the Penrhyn Du mines in
Caernarfonshire to view "old workings" which had been discovered by a John
Owen. Cartwright was shown around by Alexander Frazier.
Other English agents at this time were William Ledgey, William Elliot &
William Carey. |
| Cockshutt ,Edwin |
Local historian in the early
part of the 20th Century. |
| Collins and Westward |
Held patent for the production
of copper bolts for copper sheathing of ships. |
| Champion , John |
His company recovered Brimstone
from the Parys mine ores on the mountain starting in 1778. He introduce
vertical kilns to the mountain and later to the port. |
| Davies , Oliver |
His excavations in 1937 on
Surface mounds demonstrated the possibility of ancient mining activity on
the mountain. |
| Davey , Capt.William |
Together with James Treweek took
over the day to day operation of the mines in 1811.Both were shareholders in
the mine. |
| Dawes, John |
With the end of the mining lease
to Roe and Co in 1778, the Bayley family sold out their share of Mona Mine
to John Dawes a London banker. He in turn became a partner with Thomas
Williams who hence had control of both the Mona and Parys mines. |
| Dyer , Capt Charles
Bunt (1803-31/3/1879) |
Manager of the East Parys mining
company which took over operation of the mine on 14/4/1858. He resided in
Parys Lodge. Between 1857 and 1870 the Parys mountain Mining Company made a
profit of £400,000 under Dyers management. Buried at Amlwch. Listed in 1851
census |
| Dyer , Charles L |
Listed as mine agent in 1851
census |
| Edmund , Robert |
Miner killed at Parys Mountain.
Inquest report July 1776. Witnessess, Hugh Owen Coroner, William Griffith,
Richard Jones, William Lewis, Evan Williams, John Morris, Andrew Paynter,
Samual Elliot, Ben Hadsfield, Thomas Paynter, Morris Hughes. |
| Edwards Capt |
Under Captain at Mona Mine
during 1831. |
| Ellis , Griffiths (b 1768) |
Held a minor administrative post
in MM but was appointed as underground agent at PM in 1820. Listed as
Retired mine agent aged 83 in 1851 census. |
| Elliot , William |
Agent for Roe and Co in 1775
till 1778 |
| Evans ,C.H. |
Lord Anglesey's local land agent
around 1851. |
| Evans , Evan b1817. |
Chief clerk at the Mona mine for
around 30 years. He was paid £60 pa in 1828. He was refused the post of Mona
Mine agent in 1850 In 1857 he exposed the corruption of James Henry Treweek.
His son was T F Evans who eventually become mine owner. |
Evans ,Thomas Fanning
(1839-1891)
(Mona lodge) |
Evans was the first Inspector of
Metal Mines for North Wales. He resigned from this position on 10/7/1880. On
20/6/1866 he leased the Mona mine for a period of 31 years. In 1892 Mr
Fanning Evans owned the Parys mine and employed 31 miners under ground,126
on the surface and 34 with ochre production. By 1921 this had dropped to He
was also a share holder in the Mona mines. |
| Evans , Williams (b1793) |
Listed as Mine Agent n 1851
census |
| Francis , Absalom |
A mining engineer prepared a report on Mona Mine. He
recorded that in an area "300 fathoms to the east of the present workings
shafts and workings dating from the 17th century , though reworked 40 years
ago , are still to be seen. Further to the east again, and reaching almost
to the road there where traces of ancient mining" (Mining Journal 1880 p
134) |
| Francis Captain |
Under Captain at Mona Mine
during 1831. |
| Fraser, Alexander |
A Scot who first persuaded
Nicholas Bayley to look for Copper at Cerrig y bleddia farm on Parys
Mounatin in 1762 after he and a John Owen had discovered "old workings" He
died 29/8/1809 and is buried at St Eleths. Amlwch. |
| Gaynor ,Thomas |
Underground sub agent at Mona
Mine who was made Tally man in 1820 due to disability. |
| Greathead , Samual |
Shop keeper accused of running
a Mona Mine "Truck" shop with Treweek in 1852. the lived
at "The Mount" |
| Griffiths, Bill |
Sample supervisor who described
the work of the mine in the 1950s. |
| Griffiths , Owen (1851-97) |
Miner and author of " Mynydd
Parys" 1897 |
Harrison , Thomas
(d 1788) |
Plas Newydd agent reported in
1783 " all vegetation is utterly destroyed... were the smoke from the
burning of ore reaches" |
| Hills , Charles Henry |
Came to Amlwch (Bryntirion) in
1840 to establish a chemical works to produce artificial fertilizers from
waste sulphur. Appointed Lewis Hughes as manager. In 1860 he was calcining
Mona mine ores to recover sulphuric acid. |
|
Hughes , Rev Edward |
Owner of Parys farm after
William Lewis death in 1761 It was he who hired Thomas Williams in his legal
battle with Sir Nicholas Bayley. |
Hughes, Lewis
(1852-1935) |
Manager of Hills Guano works.
Lived Aber Eilian. |
| Hughes , Dr Thomas |
Parys mine Doctor in 1863. |
Hughes, William
(1770-1840) |
Of Madyn Dysw held the carting
Monopoly for Mona Mine for 20 years from 1811. |
| Hughes William |
Superintendent of weighing
machine who was paid 14d per day in 1799. (WDAAK 6) |
Job, Capt James
(1780-1852) |
Cornish mine captain brought to
the mine by Treweek. Petitioned Sanderson in 1823 to increase his wages to
the same level as other agents around £9/3/- per month.
Listed in 1851 census as being born in Perran. |
| Jones. Joseph |
Parys mine agent In 1819 he
reported to Sanderson "some miners only earned 12 1/2d per day and had to
repay loans from this money".
He took over the control of smelting operations at both the Mona and Parys
smelters in March 1828. His methods were a failure and he was replaced by
Treweek in Dec 1828.
In 1829 he organized a petition against Treweek and brought false charges
against Lemin which helped to create bad feeling between the Cornish and
Jones native Welshmen. |
| Jones ,William |
A Grave stone at Llanelian
church is in memory of William Jones late of Penmaen and Agent of parys
mines who died 11/9/1847 aged 44 |
| Legg |
Succeeded Beer as chief
accountant at Mona mine in1860. |
Lemin , William Alfred
(1772-1844) |
Mine Capt brought to the area in
1817 by Treweek. Faraday' guide on his visit to the mines in 1819.Petitioned
Sanderson in 1823 to increase his wages to the same level as other
agents. Died 16/10/1844 buried at St Eleths. |
| Lentin , Dr Augustine |
A German scientist who visited
and described the process in the mine and smelters in 1800. |
| Lewis ,William |
Lived at Llys Dulas and owned
half of Parys Farm until he died in 1761. |
| Llwyfo , Llew |
A poet and miner.As a youngster
he was required to take an assay sample of ores for analysis. On two
ocasions atte,pts wre made to adulterate the ore which Llwyfo resisted. |
| Manning W |
Exploration manager for Anglesey
mining exploration in the 1950s.Explored the mainly bluestone area of the
mountain.. |
| Medley |
Carried out experiments on
Mynydd parys waters in 1579 to precipitate copper and alum. |
Morgan,Captain Thomas
(1830-1916) |
Manger of "iard ochre draw"
after the death of Cox Paynter. lived at Bryn llwyd. |
| Morgan , William |
Moved from a smelter at
Ravenhead to take over the Mona and Parys mine smelter at Amlwch Port in
1817. In 1822 Morgan wrote to Sanderson to try and smelt all of the mines
ores at the smelter.16 furnaces at Mona works and 20 at Parys. By 1825 it
was felt that Morgan was being too harsh and was losing control of the
Smelters. An additional refiner William Rees was appointed in 1826. |
| Morris , Lewis |
|
| Michael, Capt Thomas |
A new company called the Parys
Copper Corporation run by Captain Thomas Mitchell from Cornwall took over
the operation of the Parys mine on 24 march 1879
|
| Napier , James (b1810) |
Trained himself as a chemist in
Glasgow after experimenting with dyes fort he cotton industry. He was
employed by Messers Elkington & Mason at their London Electro-plating works
in 1842. Some time afterwards he visited Parys Mines and began working on an
idea for extracting copper by electrolysis. This was pick up by his employer
who sent him to Swansea and then Holywell in Flint to develop the process on
a large scale.
( Information supplied by decendent David Napier,Australia.) |
| Oldbrey , Robert |
Principle share holder of the
Parys Mona and Morfu du mines in 1877. Morfu du Mine also had J.Watson,
Henry Dean and Charles Parry as shareholders. |
| Owens , Sion |
Cut a hole 6 yards deep in the
mountain in 1761 and found copper ore which was sent to Warrington for
smelting. |
| Paget ,Henry |
Nicolas Bayley's son who was
Earl of Uxbridge and then The Marquis of Anglesey. Developed Mona Mine at
the end of the Roe lease in 1785. He entered a partnership with the Vivian
in 1811 which lead to the arrival of Cornish deep mining techniques to MP. |
| Parr , Dr Joshua |
A chemist who in 1803 together
with partners set up the Mona Vitriol Company to extract chemicals from the
waters on the mountain. |
| Parry , John |
Owner or windmill at paint works
in 1866.(Hugh Hughes) |
| Parry , Dr Richard Lewis (b1816) |
Mona Mine Doctor in 1863. Also
mentioned in 1835 diary and listed in 1851 census |
| Parys , Robert |
King's debt collector who was
given "Parys" Mountain |
Paynter , John Wynne
(1815-1882)
Maes llwyn |
On 20/6/1866 he leased the Mona
mine for a period of 31 years with Fanning Evans.He built Mona mill above
the busy harbour inn1816. The mill had 7 floors and 4 sets of grinding
wheels. |
Paynter , William Cox
(1817-1883) |
Manager of "Iard ochre draw"
Died 5/12/1883 Buried at St Eleths, Amlwch. |
| Petters,
Robert |
A Director of
Parys mountain mines. he lived at parys lodge and later Tyn Rheol where he
died in 1851. A port of Mona street was once known as Petter's street |
| Price, Hugh |
A receiver appointed by the
courts to try and settle financial disputes between the Mona and Parys mines
in 1775 (MMS3544) |
| Price, John |
Mine agent who showed Rev
Bingley around the Parys mine in 1789.He was replaced by Treweek in 1811. |
| Pritchard ,Cornelius |
Methodist deacon who assisted
the sick and disabled workers to petition Lord Anglesey. in 1832 Sanderson
accused him of writing many falsehoods on behalf of the injured miners and
of stirring up unrest. |
| Puw ,Roland |
Miner credited with making the
great discovery of copper at Cerrig Y Bleddia ( Mona Mine) on 2nd March
1768. he lived rent free in his cottage until his death 14/8/1786. Buried at
St Eleths,Amlwch.. |
| Randol , Cadi (1743-1828) |
A "good time girl" in the mid
1700s! She rented a cottage on the mountain from the Marquis for 2/- per
year. In 1788 she was converted to Christianity by the great preacher John
Elias. |
| Rees ,Edward |
William Rees son, Edward Rees
was appointed as smelter assistant in 1826 and smelter in 1846.Listed as
Refining Agent in 1851 census |
| Rees , William |
Appointed a refiner in 1826 and
worked with William Morgan. He was experienced and had worked at the
Penclawdd smelter in South Wales. His salary was £150 pa. However he had
difficulties working with Morgan and the Amlwch ores. Both men were replaced
in March 1828 by Joseph Jones and then Treweek later in the same year. His
son Edward Rees was appointed as his assistant in 1826 and succeeded him in
1846. William died 7/9/1845 aged 69 and is buried at St Eleths, Amlwch. |
| Richard ,Evan |
Formally of Swansea gave many
years service as one of the Agents at Mona and Parys Mines.He died aged 65
on 29/6/1811 and is buried at St Eleths Amlwch. |
| Roberts , Hugh |
Clerk at the mine office
appointed to the assay office in November 1826.Listed as assay master in
1851 census
On 17/1/1860 he petitioned for a pension. He had been at PM for over 45
years. PM had now adopted a method of work which makes the office of assayer
dispensable and so he was sacked. |
| Roberts , Owen |
Miners leader who lead the
strike in April 1863 against appointment of two Cornish brothers to a the
tributers gang. Sacked by Trewen . Roberts was eventually reinstated and
Trewen had to leave the mine. |
| Robyns , John |
Son of a former Mine agent at MM
who left to work at a farm in september 1830 due to the low wages being
paid. |
| Roe , Charles |
Born in Macclesfeild he
developed a mine exploration company which aqquired a 21 year lease on Mona
mine from Bayley in 1764. |
Roose , Jonathan
(1731-1813) |
Mining engineer who rediscovered
the copper at Mynydd Parys |
Roose ,Stephen
(1799-1854)
Glandon |
Magistrate and mine agent. |
| Rowlands , Owen
(b1774) |
Responsible for the weighing
machine between the Port and the Mines. He was appointed 14/10/1805, when
the mines were slack, at 14/- per week plus 20 lbs of candles and three tons
of coal. By 1820 the mines were busy and he had to attend his weighing
machine for longer periods of time. In 16/11/1820 he successfully petitioned
Lord Anglesey to increase his wages by 7/- per week and to employ his son as
an assistant at a further 7/- per week as the "dry dust from the road
damaged his health" (MMS 319)
He was still listed as a weigher aged 77 in the 1851 census.
Richard Rowlands (b1828) was also listed as a weigher. |
|
Rutty, Dr John |
Author on report on "medical"
uses of mine water in 1760 |
| Sanderson , John |
Lord Uxbridge's estate manager
who looked after Uxbridge's interests at the mine. It was to Sanderson that
James Treweek reported. |
| Staples , Henry |
A receiver appointed by the
courts to try and settle financial disputes between the Mona and Parys mines
in 1775. |
| Stephans , William (b1808) |
Listed as mine agent from
Bristol in 1851 census |
| Thomas Williams |
Ship building resurrected under
Hughes and Thomas in 1855. William Thomas became the sole owner in 1871 and
37 ships were launched before 1914 from the Iard newydd. |
|
Taylor , John |
Mining consultant and principle
share holding in Parys Mines company Ltd in 1860. |
| Trevethick |
Captain Trevethick left to go
to Canada as a mining captain in 1870 due to poor conditions at PM.. |
| Treweek , James (1779-6/12/1851) |
Manager of the mines and
smelting operations in the mid 19th century. He revitalized the mines after
the death of Thomas Williams.Buried
at Amlwch He escorted Faraday around mines in 1819 (Called Mr irweek by
Faraday) |
|
Treweek John
Henry (1817-18/2/1876) |
James Treweek's son who became
Manager in 1847. Ship owner Buried
at Amlwch Church. |
Treweek
Nicholas (1804-1877)
Francis ( 1811-1832) |
James Treweek's sons who
developed ship building at Amlwch Port. |
Treweek William George
(1804-1877) |
James Treweek's son who became
chief assayer at the Mona Mine. He was sacked in 1853 as a drunkard. |
Trewen , George
(b1833 1876) |
Replaced Tiddy as Captain at
Mona Mine in 1860. He showed favors to two brothers called Buzza. In 1863 he
was accused of accepting their price for a bargain after the settling had
been closed. The miners went on strike and would not let the Buzza brothers
into the mine. Trewren sacked
the miners leader Owen Roberts However peace was only restored to the mine
when Roberts was restored to his position and Trewen was forced to leave.
He is buried at St Eleths Amlwch. |
| Tiddy , Thomas (b1803) |
Local mining official who worked
for Treweek from 1825. He was related to Treweek and was appointed Chief
Agent at Mona Mine in 1950 above a popular local man.( Evan Evans) and
earned £175 pa.
In 1860 Tiddy attempted change miners wage system to make them pay off there
debts which resulted in a strike. Tiddy hide in the Cerrig y doll engine
house the boiler of which blew up while he was there. Tiddy resigned on
8/6/1860 and was replaced by another Cornish Capt called Trewen. |
|
Uxbridge , Lord |
Nicolas Bayley's son Henry
Pagent who was Earl of Uxbridge and then The Marquis of Anglesey. Developed
Mona Mine at the end of the Roe lease in 1785. He entered a partnership with
the Vivian in 1811 which lead to the arrival of Cornish deep mining
techniques to MP. |
| Vignoles , Charles |
Charles
Vignoles
was born in 1793. He emigrated to the USA where he became a soldier. He
later worked as a surveyor and in 1823 he returned to England. He became
involved in drainage works and railway construction all over Europe until
his death in 1875. At Amlwch he was involved with the initial feasability
study of a tramway from the port to the mountain in
March 1828. |
|
Vivian, John |
Swansea copper baron who took
over Parys Mountain in 1811. His right hand men where Capt Treweek and Davey. |
Watkins , James Roose
(b 1844,d 6/5/1878) |
Mona mine agent " for many
years" who died aged 34 years and is buried at Burwen cemetery. Listed in
1851 census.. |
|
Watt , James |
Developer of the steam engine |
| Webster ,James & Henry |
Proprietors of the Parys
mountain sulphuric acid works in 1828 James was
buried at Amlwch 1/11/1840
aged 34 years. |
| Webster , Peter (1770-3/1/1856) |
From Northop in Flint.Mona Mine
assayer for over 40 years.His son James Webster become chief assistant in
1832 and succeeded his father who died in 29/12/1855 aged 75.Buried
at St Eleths Amlwch. |
|
Williams,Hugh |
Parys miner killed underground
in May 1776. Inquest witnesses. Hugh Owen Coroner, Stephan Roose, Robert
Price, Robert Evans, Stephan Millward, Robert William, William Jones, Joseph
Dudson, Richard Hughes. |
| Williams , James |
Mona mine assayer in 1857 who
earned £108 pa. AJames Williams left with Captain Trevithick in 1870 to
start work in Canada. |
|
Williams , Richard |
Miner injured at Mona Mine 1884 |
|
Williams ,Thomas (1737-1802) |
Twm chwarae teg the lawyer and
great mine entrepreneur in the late 18 th century.Also called The Copper
King. |
| William , Williams (b1820) |
Listed as Smelter superintendent
in 1881 census |