Tocketts Mine Shafts
Two mine shafts are easily visible from the footpath though the woods.
The first is a pumping shaft surrounded my a rapidly deteriorating fence, it is 70ft deep and full of water and debris, a bricked up passage can be seen which was presumably to let water flow out into the beck after pumping.
The second is an air shaft with a large chimney, presumably to aid the airflow in the sheltered valley.
January 1st, 2009 at 9:31 pm
The spring/summer 2008 edition of CIH magazine contains a comprehensive article charting the Tocketts Mine story. The mine itself appears to have been considered a failure, yielding poor or little stone, which must have been badly received by the promoters bearing in mind the amount spent on the development of the site.
Over 100 years later boys from the nearby Laurence Jackson School were forced to run the dreaded cross country right through this site, in all weather conditions! I know because I was one……