Hopefully someone can prove me wrong, but it would appear that very
little has been written specifically relating to the timbering of
shafts.   There is much information on brick and iron linings for
shafts, and much for timbering of levels, working stopes & coal faces
but I've found only a couple of almost cursory references to timbering
of shafts.
  One of which is;  M.W von Bernewitz, 'Handbook for Prospectors', 1931,
2nd ed'n, pp.83-84.  
  In this publication both shafts and levels are treated in the same
manner, and although similar principles must apply, they do ultimately
require slightly different techniques.

 Mike Munro

Peter Claughton wrote:
> 
> Another request for information, this time in relation to the use of square
> set shaft timbering from Barbara Ford <[log in to unmask]> who has --
> 
> >been required to find
> >pictures of  a shaft developed by a mining engineer named Philip (or
> >Philipp) Deidesheimer on the Comstock in 1860.
> >
> >Our instructor is offering an additional points if we can locate picture
> (or even >information) on square set
> >mining methods prior to this 1860 date.
> 
> Providing a fairly early date for the use of such shaft timbering is no real
> problem - see Agricola (Georgius Agricola, De Re Metallica, translated
> Hoover, Herbert Clark.  and Hoover, Lou Henry.   New York, 1950, p. 123.)
> and the archaeological evidence from circa 1450 at Coleorton.
> 
> But, this sort of request raises the question as to how much information you
> can supply when asked to answer a specific academic question.  Better to
> point the enquirer in the direction of relevant sources, primary and
> secondary. Which brings me to my query - what is published on shaft
> timbering techniques?
> 
> Peter
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