Roman Deep Holdings Ltd Records

Records of Roman Deep Holdings Ltd, 1906-1940, including assay books, 1935; assay reports, 1935-1939; correspondence of C. N. Walter and T. R. H. Nelson, 1938-1940, and other correspondence, 1937-1940; weekly reports, 1936-1939; measuring books, 1935-1938; cash statements, 1939-1940; wages books, 1936-1937; plans and Ordnance Survey maps, 1906-1934; geological, technical, insurance and other reports, 1936-1939; records of samples, 1935-1938; bullion book, 1938-1939; X rays of workers, 1938; calculations of ore reserves, [1935]-[1940]; boring book, 1937; returns to mines department, 1937; and articles of agreement with Holloway Brothers (London) Ltd, relating to a survey of the site, 1934-1935.

Roman Deep Holdings Ltd was formed in 1935 to mine for gold at Dolaucothi, Pumsaint, Caio, Carmarthenshire, with a capital of £500,000. The main focus of the workings was the Ogofau Mine at Dolaucothi. In 1937, the company formed British Goldfields (No. 1) Ltd as an operating company. Mining stopped in 1938 when the companies' funds ran out. The last mine manager of Roman Deep Holdings was T. R. H. Nelson. C. N. Walter became the receiver and manager of British Goldfields (No. 1). The mine was abandoned in 1940 and the companies were dissolved in 1943.

Arranged into the following: account book; and sales account ledger

Ar Agor / Open

Dim cyfyngiadau / No Restrictions

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

Acc No: 5573.

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen / Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Carmarthenshire Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Carmarthenshire Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Cyflwr da / Good condition

Compiled by Rhys Jonesfor Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire Archives using the following source: Carmarthenshire Archives Service, Business Records; Annels, Alwyn E. and Barry C. Burnham (eds), The Dolaucothi Gold Mines, 3rd edition (Cardiff, 1995).

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi eu cadw / All records which meet the collection policy of the Carmarthenshire Archives have been retained

Deposited by Trower, Still and Keeling, 5 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London, per the British Records Association, 1980.

Ni ddisgwylir croniadau / Accruals are not expected