- A
winze is a
minor connection between different levels in a mine. When
worked upwards from a
lower level it is
usually called a raise; when sunk downward...
-
McLaughlin used a
winze from the 2,000
level to
demonstrate that ore
reached the 3,500 foot level. The Ross
shaft was
started in 1934, a
second winze from the...
- Zealand)
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mining shaft This
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- 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...
- next step is to
drive tunnels,
known as
raises when
driven upwards and
winzes when
driven downward,
through the
deposit from
level to level.
Raises are...
- 500,000
shares issued. By 1897, the mine had
three tunnels and a 150 foot
winze. On 12 July 1899, the new
Hecla Mining Company was
incorporated in Washington...
- technique. Such
techniques may also be used
inside a mine to
explore a
winze, shaft, or
steep incline. Similarly, some
traverses and
slopes may be roped...
- 500 today). The
greatest depth reached, in 1884, was by the Ophir-Mexican
winze at 3,360 ft (1,020 m)
below the surface.
Production from
Comstock mines...
-
mines to
increase the
strata stability of the
stope and
support the raises,
winzes or
shaft of the mine. Darling,
Peter (2011). SME
Mining Engineering Handbook...
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below the other. They can be
connected by
short vertical shafts known as "
winzes". A
level that
reaches the surface, on a
hillside or in a valley, for instance...
