- 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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Winze, a type of
mining shaft This
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lists articles ****ociated...
- 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 downwards,
through the
deposit from
level to level.
Raises are...
-
required merely to
access the
mineral deposit, such as
sinking shafts and
winzes,
carving adits, tunnels, and levels, and
establishing ventilation and transportation...
- 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...
- 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...
- was down the
shaft to the
bottom of the mine, and up
through the
various winzes (intermediate shafts) to the adit level. The open end of the adit had been...
- In 1822-23, the
driving of the adit was resumed, and a
shaft and
several winzes were sunk. At a
distance of 95 fms from its mouth, the adit intersected...
