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The first machinery here was a windmill in the 1830s when the shaft was sunk 30 fathoms. The main reworking commenced in 1852 under the name Kit Hill United and used a 30-inch beam engine. It wound from two shafts, pumped from two shafts by flat-rods and also worked the stamps. In 1864 the cylinder split due to overwork and the mine closed. Sporadic mining took place until 1881 when the sett was worked as Kit Hill Consols. A 30-inch rotative engine from the Bedford Foundry was installed on the summit in an engine house with a low hipped roof similar to that at Hingston Downs. The granite being very hard, mining ceased in 1884. |
