The remnants of the mine are minimal, as most were removed in the 1960s for environmental reasons. The tips were repurposed as road stone, shafts were filled, and the last piece of headgear, a wooden frame at Buntings Shaft, was dismantled. The main site is still visible, with some lower walls of The Bog Men’s Club supporting a display on the mine’s history. There are useful interpretation boards to give information to visitors about the mining history of the Bog. Nearby are the overgrown reservoir, the tramway track-bed, and remnants of the ropeway loading point. The gunpowder magazine remains intact, and the Somme Tunnel is accessible, except during bat roosting periods. Former village landmarks, such as the Miners Arms and the school, have been repurposed or are now private properties.

Outcropping lead ore was present at this mine, suggesting potential Roman and pre-Roman mining, though no evidence exists. In the 17th century, local mining was recorded, but old documents lack precise locations. The first mining reference is a 1684 agreement where Rowland Nicchols transferred most of his property, including Ritton and Kinnerton, to his son Orlando, while retaining the right to extract minerals from these lands during his lifetime, provided he continued the work without a break of more than three years. By 1739, Mathew Dore and his company operated the mine, leasing a smelthouse from the London Lead Company. Although the lease ended by 1748, John Lawrence II was involved in the mine by 1760, addressing persistent water issues. In 1789, John Weston and Company installed a steam engine to address the problem, but by 1799, the mine’s activity had declined. Lead mining stopped at The Bog in the 1880s, but the mines were re-opened in the early 1900s to extract barytes.