Newspaper cuttings relating to the opening of the Co-operative Company Quarries in North Wales One envelope containing 64 newspaper cuttings mainly discussing the co-operative company, North Wales Quarries, Limited, acquiring quarries around Bethesda to provide employment for those out of work due to the Penrhyn strike. The cuttings outline the co-operative’s plans and financial agreements to do with the quarries near Bethesda, they planned to acquire three quarries in North Wales; Pantdreiniog, Moel Faban and Tanybwlch. The envelope also contains 11 copies of an extract from the “North Wales Chronicle” detailing the wages paid in the co-operative quarries. The second envelope contains 4 newspaper cuttings detailing meetings of the North Wales Co-operative Quarries between September and October, 1903. January – November 1903