Minerva mill was built in a bend in the River Tame, close to the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, at Whitelands.

The directors were Messrs Barlow, Marland, Coop, Newton, Pollitt and Pownall; they were later referred to as the Ashton syndicate.

[2] The mule frames were provided by John Hetherington and Sons Ltd. On startup here were 86,868 mule spindles spinning medium counts from American cotton, that was 40's twists and 65 wefts.

[3] In order to run these spindles in the spinning rooms, the cotton had to be prepared using openers, scutchers, carding engines.

Minerva Mill was used for spinning fine counts of Egyptian cotton, both twists and left.