ore quarry was worked on the north side of the railway between 1962 and 1963 again working eastward from the Saltby road. The ore was taken to the railway by standard gauge tramways, worked by horses from 1925 to 1928, then by a petrol engined locomotive and from 1931 by steam locomotives. From 1961 some of the ore was taken to the railway by lorry and from October 1963 the last of the tramways was abandoned and all of the stone was taken to the railway by lorry. Steam quarrying machines were used until 1940 when electric and diesel machines were introduced. Some of the quarried area has been restored for agriculture (in places it looks hummocky). Some has been forested and the final gullets and the limestone quarry remain. There are traces of the railway and tipping dock. References External links Sproxton Jubilee Site Open Gardens Day Villages in Leicestershire Civil parishes in Leicestershire Borough of Melton