New Engine Mine

There are extensive remains of the surface structures at the New Engine lead mine near Eyam. In addition to the winding/capstan engine beds underneath the tree there is the arched boiler house and the building that housed a Cornish type beam pumping engine. The shaft is sunk through sandstone and shale and ultimately reached 1092 feet in depth. The pumping engine was made in Sheffield by Davy Brothers and installed in 1863. It had a short working life, being stopped in 1868. It is said to have been removed in 1884.