Dane Thorn Colliery

The hills of East Cheshire have seen extensive coal mining in some fairly remote locations. This is the site of the Dane Thorn Colliery looking towards the line of the tubroad leadng from the adit, and the waste tip which has the greener vegetation. In front of the tip are the remains of a small stone building. This must have been a hard place to work in winter when a walk of several mile would have been necessary to reach the mine each day.

Farey lists this mine as working in 1811. In 1853 it was disused but by 1879 it had reopened and was being worked by worked by William and Harold Hand who also operated the nearby Robinsclough Mine. The later operations may well have used a different entrance and the colliery appears to have closed again by 1897.