Sidetrack Adventures Swansea, Arizona—Exploring a Ghost Town Lost to Time Posted: March 10, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025 Once a booming copper mining town, Swansea, Arizona now stands in ...

Swansea was the world centre of copper smelting during the Industrial Revolution. Stephen Hughes, the Royal Commission's Head of Survey and Investigation, visits a major rescue excavation by ...

Iron-making in Pontypool and Bersham, lead and silver mining in Flintshire and Cardiganshire, copper smelting in Neath and Swansea and coalmining in west Glamorgan and Flintshire increased ...