Slate caverns and mines around Harlech Snowdonia
Though this is a very rural area many tourist attractions bear witness to our mining and industrial past.
- Llechwedd Slate Mines
- Llanfair Slate Caverns
- Sygun Copper Mine
- Slate Museum in Llanberis, all give a fascinating insight into the dangerous working lives of our forefathers.
Close by on the Rhinog, on the slopes of Moel Ysgyfarnogod (hill of the hares) you will find extensive manganese mines. Though they are situated in a spectacular setting one can only imagine the hardships our forefathers experienced in this hostile environment to get the mineral out of the ground.
On the south side of the Rhinog we 
have the Dolgellau gold belt, where gold has been mined for centuries, and which also provides the gold for all the royal wedding rings.
