Description by ICLOK
This mine was started by Glebe Mines Ltd around 1936 to produce fluorspar for the steel industry (flux). The mine was taken over by Laporte Industries Ltd in 1959. The mine operated until placed on care and maintenance on the 16th March 1979. by March 1986 the headgear was gone, the shaft capped and fenced off, with track lifted and twin tipplers removed.
By 2000 and to the present the workshop building and chimney are still standing everything else having been removed.