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... shaft was over five hundred feet deep it struck ore . Miners lowered down the shaft after a charge had been fired were surprised to see massive ore that was identical to the ore being mined in the open cut , less than 150 yards away ...
... shaft was over five hundred feet deep it struck ore . Miners lowered down the shaft after a charge had been fired were surprised to see massive ore that was identical to the ore being mined in the open cut , less than 150 yards away ...
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... shaft . At 760 ' the shaft passed into poorer rock and the ore body dipped away with a pronounced pitch to the east . At the 1000 ' level miners had to drive over a hundred yards to- wards the Blocks boundary before they broke into the ...
... shaft . At 760 ' the shaft passed into poorer rock and the ore body dipped away with a pronounced pitch to the east . At the 1000 ' level miners had to drive over a hundred yards to- wards the Blocks boundary before they broke into the ...
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... shaft , where it was hoped that miners would gather in safety . The empty cage was whisked up and down the shaft in an effort to drive out the smoke ; the two hillside tunnels were bratticed to confine the up - cast smoke within the ...
... shaft , where it was hoped that miners would gather in safety . The empty cage was whisked up and down the shaft in an effort to drive out the smoke ; the two hillside tunnels were bratticed to confine the up - cast smoke within the ...
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