The Chesterfield Observer reported some exciting news about Mid-Lothian Mines Park, which is located off Woolridge Road between the Grove and Walton Park subdivisions. Currently visitors enjoy using the park for walking, and jogging, dog-walking. However, the park is also home to the Grove Shaft ruins, the remnants of one of four mine shafts installed by the Wooldridge family's Mid-Lothian Coal Mining Company, a prominent mining company during the mid- 1800s.

The plans include fortifying the deteriorating ruins; add a historically accurate 16-foot elevated observation tower next to the Grove Shaft; and enhancing the educational aspect of the park.

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