Halkyn District Mines Drainage Act 1875
WHEREAS within the district, for the purposes of this Act called "the Halkyn district," within the county of Flint, consisting of the areas herein-after defined, and called "drainage area No. 1," and "drainage area No. 2," there are various important mines of lead and other minerals which are so flooded with water as to prevent the working thereof below the water level, and many attempts have been made at several of the said mines to drain the same by pumping, but by reason of the failure of ...