[2][3][4][5][6] In 1858 his employers either sent or encouraged him to West Somerset to manage the Brendon Hills Iron Ore Company, one of their suppliers, on the death of its Mines Captain, David Richard.
Within a year Morgans also took over from William Roberts as engineer of the West Somerset Mineral Railway, which had been promoted by the Ebbw Vale company to bring iron ore from the mines in the Brendon Hills to Watchet harbour.
Morgans' previous experience had been at the coal mining and smelting ends of the industry, nevertheless his abilities were such that he made the best of the challenges his two new roles presented.
[10][11] He is further credited with optimising the yield of Haematite and Spathic iron ore from a fragmented patchwork of lodes in ground which was often soft, wet and difficult.
Good ore was tipped by barrow down these holes, collecting in significant quantities at the bottom, from where it was hauled to the surface on tramway tubs.
[17] On 1 January 1867 Morgans gave his employers three months notice, as he was setting up in private practice in Bristol, though whether that was the whole story of the cause of his departure is unclear.