 It was working in 1873, owned by Samuel Atherton of Cruckmeole who also owned another colliery nearby at Shorthill.It was sold in 1921 to Arthur Nicholas Fielden (son of Edward Brocklehurst Fielden) who linked it underground to a colliery already owned by him at Moat Hall near Annscroft.It continued, with an underground workforce that decreased from 248 in 1921 to 50 by 1941, until fully closing in 1942.