The Wakesiah mine was owned and operated by the Canadian Western Fuel Company between 1918 and 1930. Two shafts were sunk along the Wellington seam which varied from 0.9 to 4.3 metres (locally up to 6.0 metres) in thickness. Minor dislocations were common throughout the mine. The seam that was mined had a moderate but variable dip, except on the western side of the mine where the dip was up to 60 degrees.

The coal seam is part of the Early Campanian Northfield Member which occurs in the Upper Cretaceous Extension Formation, Nanaimo Group. The coal is high volatile bituminous in rank. The strata consists mainly of shales, carbonaceous shales and sandy shales. Refer to the Bebans mine (092GSW026) for a description of the Wellington Seam and Nanaimo Coalfield operations.

The Wakesiah Colliery produced 767,025 tonnes of excellent quality coal between 1919 and 1930. The mine was permanently abandoned in January, 1930.