The three shafts used by Lidgett Colliery for coal extraction were sunk in around 1830 into the Tankersley ironstone seam by Earl Fitzwilliam. The mining of ironstone in the Skier Spring district completely halted in 1879 after which point the shafts were partially filled in to the depth of the coal seam which was 200ft above the ironstone deposits. (Lodge 1974). This segment of Lidgett Colliery falls within the boundaries of the former deer park at Tankersley which was enclosed around 1303 (Hey 1986, 81). The park probably was created from unenclosed moorland as this area is right next to Hoyland common. The origin of the former moorland landscape is uncertain. The site of the mine is dominated by the remains of the spoil heaps. Part of the site is reused as a garage but building from Wentworth station which was within the area of the mine survive. There is fragmentary legibility of the former ironstone mining as the shafts continued use but there is no legibility of the deer park.