Price's Colliery

Overview

One of the many Dowlais Iron Company levels feeding the works with iron ore and coal, closing with the rest of the wider Dowlais Collieries complex in 1924.

History

Price's Colliery was one of the many levels owned by the Dowlais Iron Company to feed its works with both iron ore and coal. It was part of the wider "Dowlais Collieries" complex — the umbrella name for everything worked for the Dowlais Iron Works, comprising Price's alongside Black Ball, Blaen Dowlais, Brewhouse, Buxton's, Carno, Coslet, Cwmcenol, Morgan's, Pant-y-Waun, Penyard, several Penydarren pits, Pen-yr-Heol, Rhas Las, Tyla Dowlais and Vanwain — all worked for coal and ironstone and abandoned together in May 1924.

Geology

Unknown — no specific seam is named for Price's itself in the sources read for this pass.

Workings

A level worked for iron ore and coal, part of the wider Dowlais Collieries complex.

Closure

Abandoned in May 1924, along with the rest of the wider Dowlais Collieries complex.

What remains

Unknown.

Nearby mines

• Meredith's Colliery — 0.4 km NE
• Banwaun Colliery — 0.5 km SW
• Blaen Dowlais Colliery — 0.6 km NW
• Coslet Colliery — 0.7 km SW
• Morgan's Colliery — 0.7 km E

Straight-line distance, within 15 km. Show on the map.

Recorded claims

Individual factual claims, each attached to the source(s) that support it below. Where sources disagree, both are kept.

• One of many Dowlais Iron Company levels feeding the works with iron ore and coal, abandoned in May 1924. ¹
• Named among the pits making up the wider Dowlais Collieries complex, all worked for coal and ironstone and abandoned together in May 1924. ²
• Owned by the Dowlais Iron Company throughout its documented working life. ²

Photographs & further reading

Sources

1. (secondary) Small collieries of the Dowlais Cwmbargoed & Penydarren areas — Northern Mine Research Society
2. (secondary) Dowlais Collieries — Northern Mine Research Society

Record created: 15 September 2026 · Last researched: 15 September 2026