Show on map I’ve not been able to find out much about this concrete structure on Wileycat Beck
 
Its been suggested to me it was used to pump water to Guisborough during shortages, although I would be keen to hear any further details anyone may have.
Show on map The Slapewath mine was originally started by Thomas Charlton in 1864 via a drift near the village names after him. The shafts date from a later period of around 1880 when the mine was being operated by Samuelson & Co.
The downcast shaft now surrounded by a high wall is 286 feet deep
The upcast / ventilation shaft is located a little to the NW and is of similar depth.
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A sizeable heap of spoil is still on the site, which has been cut by a farm track
 
Show on map A ropeway ran south-west from the main site of the Belmont mine to tip shale in the hillside, since the recent harvesting of the trees in this area the base of part of the ropeway can now be seen on the bare hillside.
Show on map The second phase of working at Belmont started in 1907-1908 after the original working there ceased around 1886.
Hunters Hill Farm consists of a large range of building which constituted the stables and workshops of the mine, close to the road is a huge concrete wall which one supported one end of the tipping gantry where railway wagons were loaded.
 
 
Continuing a short way up the path you first reach the collapsed drift entrance with an electrical sub-station next to it, the remains of ceramic insulators can be seen in its back wall.
 
A little further up the hill again stands a powder house now filled with earth.
 
I also noticed that the nearby allotments have a vegetable bed constructed from Pease bricks, although as Pease never ran Belmont they could just be anomalous
Show on map Waterfall mine was worked between 1892 and 1901, the ironstone here is very close to the surface and under a layer of sand and clay, the dangerous working conditions gave this mine the nickname “Linger and Die”
The whole site is now obscured by a plantation, although hints of a cutting/drift can be seen towards the east corner where the path of a railway can be seen heading across fields on the aerial photo.
Show on map Rock Hole Alum Quarry was started by John Atherton of Skelton Castle in 1604 and was the earliest in the district and the first success works in the whole country.
 
Despite being idle from hundreds of years, little vegetation ever grows back.
Show on map The 8 arch Waterfall viaduct carried the Cleveland Railway which served many of the ironstone mines in this area, it is very close to the main road, but becoming harder to see over the years as trees grow around it.
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Just to the west, on the approach to the Spa Wood ironstone mine is another interesting bridge with offset stonework.
 
Show on map Ironstone was extracted from Spa Wood mine between March 1853 and December 1928.
Approaching from the east through large mine spoil heaps currently used by bikers, you first encounter a powder magazine
 
Close by are the bricked up travelling and main drifts.
 
In the next area to the west of the drifts are the offices and workshops which are still largely intact, having been part of a scrapyard until recent years. A chimney also stood here which was only recently demolished.
 
Further west stand the remains of two fan houses for ventilating the mine workings. Finally to the extreme west of the site stands an electrical sub-station from the later years of electrication
UPDATE : This location has since been purchased as a private residence and should no longer be visited.
Show on map The remains of Ruther Cross now stands amongst houses where Ruthergate once crossed Hutton Lane.
Ruthergate is an ancient trackway which continues south, up through a still visible cutting in Kemplah Woods.
Show on map The site of the last fresh water spring in Guisborough, unfortunately doesn’t run any more and is currently full of litter.
Near the end of Fountain Street, where there was a fountain and a lake in front of the original Guisborough Hall on Bow Street which was demolished in 1847.
