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>From: john waudby <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re-shafts etc.
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>As an ex mining electrician, NCB, CPL, AI&S and NSW
>Energy Commission Angus Place Colliery. some
>explanations of the definitions.
>Adit- same as drift, entrance to a mine of the drift
>type, can be sloping or horizontal.
>Slant- term used to denote angled road in modified
>Bord and Pillar working joining two Bords together.
>Cross cut- a road joining two main roads together for
>access,can also join minor roads too, usually in Bord
>and Pillar workings.
>Shaft- vertical, generally from surface to underground
>workings for egress and ingress of men, materials and
>minerals, can also join two "levels" of a mine.
>Raise Bore- short vertical shaft, usually used as
>emergency egress from one level to another level of a
>mine. We had one at CPL's Boulby Mine from the bottom
>of the in seam ore bins to the road above, 100 feet in
>height.
>John Waudby
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