The colliery, owned by the Tyldesley Coal Company,[1] was situated to the east of Shakerley Lane on the south side of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Manchester to Southport line and where the company had a siding.
A fault caused the company to sink another shaft, the Daisy Pit, to win coal from seams close to the surface.
In 1923 the colliery had 319 underground and 72 surface workers and produced gas, household and steam coal.
The colliery was linked to the company's other pits, Combermere and Cleworth Hall, by a mineral railway which had exchange sidings with the Tyldesley Loopline.
After 1888 an exchange siding was constructed next to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's line from Manchester to Wigan, providing access for the company's coal traffic.