Coalpithole Rake: No 10 Shaft
Access
Permission from Rushup Edge Farm.
Description
4m diameter shaft through shales. 76m to water. Only one level known at 6m depth. Water enters through the brick lining, and can be heard at surface.
Tackle
LadderLifelineSRT Rope 250ft (76m) 280ft (85m)280ft (85m)
References
(2007) The history of Coalpithole Vein in Peak Forest and Chapel-En-Le-Frith Liberties, Derbyshire. 1705-18, Mining History, Volume 16, No5, pp.36-74, Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
(2010) , Caves of the Peak District, p. 85, DCA
(2019) Speedwell swaps sumps, Descent 269, p.15., Wild Places Publishing