“There is nothing to be seen of North Ward mine but approaching South Ward on the public footpath from around the top of the peninsula you come across the mine quite suddenly upon leaving the woods. The footpath (despite the notices to the contrary) is a public right of way and crosses the garden in front of the engine house at Engine Shaft.”
“Almost nothing is known of North Ward Mine, even its location: 500ft west of North Ward farm was unmarked until subsidence occurred on the shaft in 1957. South Ward Mine lies close to the river bank and here work was suspended in 1835 when there was a break in by the river. It was reopened in 1869 and continued until 1876 with a production of 130 tons of ore in the period 1873-6. The engine house is now a farm house and the count house a cottage.”
- A.K. Hamilton Jenkin
