Show on mapAll that remains is a concrete block in the middle of a playing field.
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The plaque read :-
FILLED UPSHAFT, DEPTH 90 METRES, DIAMETER 3.4M, SHAFT FILLED AND CAPPED 1986
A second shaft was close by, all that remains of that is a slight indentation in the field.
There is not much left at Boosbeck. I have walked across this site before and not really appreciated the fact that significant industrial activity took place here. However having the Google Earth facility on the website really is excellent. A close up view will highlight the location of sidings etc and the overall site layout (in the form of earthworks) which would otherwise not be appreciated.
Close inspection reveals an area of concrete on the ground about 8 feet from the monument. This could be either a cap to another possible shaft or most probably the remnants of the base of a building.
Are you sure this is the correct site of the mine shaft? I was born in Boosbeck and my dad had pigeons on the pit yard gardens where we used to play as kids. I also remember the Mine Shaft and Wheel house being down in what was the farm yard and not in the middle of the playing field where the photograph shows.
Please contact me for further information, I was born in 1946 and lived and worked in Boosbeck until I joined the forces in 1964.
The original Boosbeck mine closed way back in 1887, so I don’t think the wheel house was still there even in the 1950s.
Could you be thinking of South Skelton Mine just a short distance away after the allotments, next to a farm ?
Does the following look familiar ?
http://www.hidden-teesside.co.uk/2009/03/19/south-skelton-ironstone-mine/
I stand corrected, I had forgotten that it was called South Skelton Mine, and yes it was next to the farm.
Thank you for jogging my memory.
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