mine shaft

A form of mineshaft — A vertical hole through the strata to reach the mineral which is being mined.

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Meanings

nounmine shaft (plural mine shafts)

plural mine shafts

  1. alternativeAlternative form of mineshaft.

    Stabilisation of mine shafts under Kidsgrove station started on January 18. [...] Work originally started in 2018, but was paused the following year after the mine shafts were discovered.

    2021 January 27, “Network News: Kidsgrove station works to resume”, in RAIL, issue 923, page 17
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APA

mine shaft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mine%20shaft

MLA

“mine shaft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mine%20shaft. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mine shaft,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mine%20shaft.

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