NEHL - One of two coal shafts were situated in the field just north of Shibdon Bank in the 1850s. They were both illustrated as 'old', meaning they were out of use before the survey of that decade. There may be a connection with the 18th century Lands Colliery workings or potentially the Grand Lease pits during the 17th century.

The shaft was still extant in the 1890s, and appears to have either been covered other with farmyard buildings or was potentially reworked. The addition of buildings over the shaft in the latter half of the 19th century would imply some activity. The shaft was still extant in the 1940s and can just be seen on aerial photography from that era.