Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Carmarthenshire Archives Service, Business Records, DB/27, DB/86; Treharne, K. C., Glofeydd Cwm Gwendraeth (Llanelli, 1995).
The Pentremawr Colliery, Capel Ifan, Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire, was operated by the Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries Ltd, which also owned other collieries, including New Dynant, Tumble. Pentremawr closed in 1974.
The records comprising DB86 were discovered in a house being demolished.
Deposited by Mr Winston Jones, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, per Pembrokeshire Record Office, 1980, and by Mr Neil Goddard, Supervisor, Gwendraeth Valley Archive Project, Old Gwendraeth C. P. School, Llannon Road, Pontyberem, 1986.
Records relating to Pentremawr Colliery, 1908-1921, including time books, 1917-1918; record book, 1917-1918; correspondence, 1911-1921; records relating to employees, 1913-1921; financial records, 1908-1921; copy of the Coal Mines Act 1911; an abstract of sales and costs for Capel Ifan Collieries, 1895; and wages sheets of the New Dynant Colliery, 1939.
All records have been retained
Accruals are not expected
No restrictions
Usual copyright regulations apply
Hard copies of the lists are available at Carmarthenshire Archives Service.