"Préparation mécanique du minerai de plomb aux mines de Lisburne, Cardiganshire, Pays de Galles"

Name of traveller

*Léon Moissenet (1831-1906)

Reason for travel

• industrial study

Date of travel

1860

Content

• industry:
  • finds working conditions in Frongoch mostly ideal, but is surprised that owners of mineral rights extract huge royalties
  • discusses the "Lisburne buddle"
• terrain: subsumes the whole of Britain under "Angleterre"
• compare with the notes from his journey through south Wales in 1855
• detailed English summary: Briggs, Stephen. "Appendix IV: Leon Moissenet’s visit to Frongoch in 1860." in David Bick. Frongoch Lead and Zinc Mine.  Northern Mine Research Society, 1986. 48-53. Print.

Nationality of traveller

French

Language of publication

French; English summary

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

industrial study

Citation

*Moissenet, Leon. "Préparation mécanique du minerai de plomb aux mines de Lisburne, Cardiganshire, Pays de Galles." Annales des Mines 9 (1866): 1-137. Print.