Ogmore Valley Mining Deaths

The Aber colliery were opened by drift mining driven into the seams from the mountain sides in 19?? and closed 19??

The Caedu Colliery a drfit mine driven into the seams from the mountain side. Started in 19?? and closed in 19??

The Ogmore Vale Central Washery opened in 1955 and served the collieries in the Ogmore and Llynfi Valleys until it closed on the 10th June 1986.

In 1912 Cory Brothers opened the Colliery drift mine at the head of the Cwm y Fuwch valley. It was abandoned in 1929.

The No. 3 Rhondda house coal seam was probably opened up by a local farmer sometime before 1865. It ceased production c. 1873. These levels were reopened illegally by striking colliers during the 1921 and 1926.

Started in 1872 the colliery has been variously called Blaenogwr Colliery, Western Colliery, Ocean Colliery and Ocean Western Colliery. At its height in 1945, over 900 men worked here.

The Penllwyngwent Colliery opened in 1906. The image dates from the 1920’s when the Aerial Ropeway was installed to take the colliery spoil to the top of Mynydd Aber. The colliery suffered a fire in 1969 and officially closed on 7th February 1969.

Owned by the Lewis Merthyr Coal Company, this colliery has a comparatively short life, being in production for only ten years from 1914 to 1924. In 1918 there were 709 men employed here.

Tynewydd Colliery was opened by J. Brogden and Sons late in 1865 to work the No. 3 Rhondda seam. Tynewydd Colliery was abandoned on the 10th January 1905.

Wyndham Colliery produced of both House and Steam coal, employed 1,332 men by 1918. During 1957 the colliery was linked underground with the nearby Western Colliery, with coal from the combined unit being raised at Wyndham.

Wyndham Colliery opened in 1865. In 1887 the nearby Western Colliery was sunk and the two collieries were linked In 1965 and become Wyndham/Western Colliery. The colliery closed in 1984.