Bodringallt Colliery, Ystrad 1900

Warner, Simpson and Co Ltd. sunk this steam coal pit in 1864.

By 1880 Bodringallt pit was under the ownership of Davies and Warner.

In 1890 D. Davies and Sons purchased the colliery and it became Ferndale No. 3 pit.

From the Inspector of mines list 1896, Ferndale No. 3 employed 930 men.

By 1908 the workforce had decreased to 653.

Later Cory Brothers and Co. took over the running of the colliery and in 1918 the workforce numbered 392.

It closed in 1936