The Growth of the Cambrian Combine

Date of Amalgamation

Colliery

Company

1895

Cambrian Nos. 1,2 & 3

Cambrian Colls. Ltd

1907

Llwynypia Nos. 1,2 & 6
Sherwood Level

Glamorgan Coal Co. Ltd

1908

Formation of the Cambrian Trust Ltd

 

1908

Anthony
Pandy
Ely
Nantgwyn
Adare Level

Naval Coll. Co. Ltd

1910

With J.W. Beynon & L Llewellyn controlling interest in Fernhill Nos. 1,2,3, & 4

Fernhill Colls. Co. Ltd

1913 [May]

Formation of Consolidated Cambrian Ltd [Share Capital £2m; subscribed capital £1,791,211]

 

1916

Controlling interest in David Davies & Sons Ltd, Ferndale Nos.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 & 9

 

In addition the Cambrian Combine secured a controlling interest in the following South Wales collieries outside the Rhondda Valleys.

1907

Albion Steam Co. Ltd

1910

Britannic Merthyr Coal Co. Ltd

1911

Cynon Colliery Co. Ltd

1911

Celtic Colls Ltd.

1916

North’s Navigation Coal Co. Ltd

1916

Imperial Navigation Co. Ltd

1916

International Coal Co. Ltd

1916

Welsh Navigation Steam Coal Co. Ltd

1916

Gwaun-cae-gurwen Colliery Co. Ltd

In 1916 the Cambrian Group of Rhondda Collieries controlled nearly 5 million tons out of the total output of the Rhondda coalfield of 7,597,106 tons [about 66%]. The output of the Cambrian Combine as a whole in South Wales amounted to no less than 7,355,00 tons.