Spindle Point Colliery (1860-1928)

The Fletcher family who have been met before at Wet Earth Colliery were responsible for the start of the curiously named Spindle Point Colliery in the early 1860s. However the newly formed Clifton & Kersley Coal Company took over the colliery before production had commenced and one of their first tasks was to straighten one of the shafts which had been sunk crooked. The No.3 Pit was sunk to 555 yards but below the (Haigh) Yard Mine at 361 yards nothing was encountered that was worth working, although the sinking was obviously in search of the rich Arley Mine. Nevertheless the colliery was successful and remained in production until June 1928.

SPINDLEPOINT COLLIERY – No.2 Pit to Sapling Mine, No.3 Pit below