The colliery shafts were sunk in 1864 and opperations began in 1866 Six shafts
 were sunk close together,three for winding,one pipe shaft one up cast fan shaft
 and a pumping shaft.
There was a 700yds branch line to the Great Central Railway and a two mile
branch line to the Midland Railway at Doe Hill junction
By the 1900s the pit employed 1,000 men and boys producing a daily output
 of 1,200 tons.The colliery closed in may 1957
The spiol heaps were reprofiled and planted in 1970 to become Locko Plantation.

Pilsley Pit