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Definitions of mineshaft in various dictionaries:
noun - excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
A vertical, sloping passageway made in the earth for finding or mining ore and ventilating underground excavations.
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| Vertical tunnel |
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| Screw's foot has twisted way towards face |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Jul 1 2016 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
| May 28 2016 The Washington Post |
| Nov 29 2008 New York Times |
| Nov 11 2008 The Times - Cryptic |
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| A vertical or sloping passageway made in the earth for finding or mining ore and ventilating underground excavations. |
| a deep narrow vertical hole, or sometimes a horizontal tunnel, that gives access to a mine. |
| excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine |
| A deep narrow vertical hole, or sometimes a horizontal tunnel, that gives access to a mine. |
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| Shaft mining or shaft sinking is excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom.Shallow shafts, typically sunk for civil engineering projects differ greatly in execution method from deep shafts, typically sunk for mining projects. When the top of the excavation is the ground surface, it is referred to as a shaft; when the top of the excavation is underground, it is called a winze or a sub-shaft. Small shafts may be excavated upwards from within an existing mine as long as there is access at the bottom, in which case they are called Raises. A shaft may be either vertical or inclined (between 45 and 90 degrees to the horizontal), although most modern mine shafts are vertical. If access exists at the bottom of the proposed shaft and ground conditions allow then raise boring may be used to excavate the shaft from the bottom up, such shafts are called borehole shafts. Shaft sinking is one of the most difficult of all develop |