Pictured (left)  is a diagram showing how the mines were worked. Often the spoil from one Bellpit was thrown into a nearby abandoned shaft.











Pictured (Above) is one of the Bellpits adjacent to the bridleway.


Above is a diagram of a Drift Mine (local name - Breast Height or Day Eye). The Coal Authority refers to them a Adits.

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Near to Schofield Hall colliery were 4 Coke Ovens connected by a tramway. The ovens are pictured above.

 The mine itself is out the picture to the north (or left of picture).