The mine is divided into two sections located east and west of Cothercott Hill. On the west side, notable features include the concrete floor and loading bay of the barytes mill adjacent to the road. Two millstones can be observed near the fence upon close inspection. A ramp from the mill connected to a loop of a light railway, which curved around the hillside to the eastern workings and was operated by a steam locomotive. On this side of the hill, four collapsed adits are discernible.
On the east side of the hill, No. 6 Adit has collapsed a short distance inside. Further up the hillside, there is a collapsed shaft and a trial adit, both of which have also collapsed. To the northeast, another collapsed trial adit is found. On the far side of the valley, No. 10 Adit has also caved in. No. 8 Adit remains open and leads through knee-deep water to an air shaft obstructed with rubbish. Nearby is a deep open working, partially filled with debris. Just north of the track lies a small collapsed trial adit. Over the fence, a collapsed drainage level still emits water, and there is a flooded shaft, which had wooden headgear that has recently been removed. To the southeast is a collapsed adit with a long cutting now filled with brushwood. Further along is an open adit that slopes steeply down to water, with the lower workings being flooded. Above on the hillside is a partly filled shaft.
Publications (4)
- Adams, D.R. (1964); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 02-3 May - Survey of the South Shropshire Lead Mining Area Part 2; 11 pages (111-121)
- Shaw, Michael (2009); Lead, Copper and Barytes Mines of Shropshire, The
- Shropshire Caving and Mining Club (1979); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 07-4 Oct - An Attempt to Save the Snailbeach Mining Area from Land Reclamation; 4 pages (208-211)
- Wilson G.V., Eastwood T., Pocock R.W., Wray D.A. & Robertson T. (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol II - Barytes and Witherite; 136 pages



