Blaina Levels

West Blaina Red Ash Level. This coal level was situated on the side of the Arael Mountain above West Side Blaina, close to the Llanerch-y-Pant Farm. Mr R. C. Banks. The West Blaina Red Ash Level was opened in 1887 by Mr R. C. Banks. The tramway incline came from the level entrance down the mountain passing close to Alma …

East Blaina Coal Co – Bargoed Coal Company. In December 1924 Messrs J. C. Jenkins & Co of Sirhowy Villa, Tredegar, applied for permission to mine 304 acres of coal in the Red Ash coal seam at East Blaina, their application was heard by the Railway and Canal Commission, consisting of Mr Justice Sankey; Mr Tindal Atkinson K.C. and Sir …