mineshafts
Vertical excavation corridors
Mineshafts are vertical or inclined passages dug into the earth to access underground mines.
The shaft serves as the main entry point for miners, equipment, and ventilation, with elevators or hoists moving people and materials between the surface and working levels below: The old mineshaft had been sealed for decades.
Enclosed underground route
- verticalAt right angles groundward
- horizontalParallel to the horizon
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- aditHorizontal mine opening
drift · stope · headframe · pithead · cage · skip · hoisting · timber
Sudden structural failure
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- explosionViolent burst of energy
methane · suffocation · rockfall · accident · trapped · rescue · canary · safety
tunnel
Enclosed underground route
- verticalAt right angles groundward
- horizontalParallel to the horizon
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
adit · drift · stope · headframe · pithead · cage · skip · hoisting · timber · support
collapse
Sudden structural failure
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- gasFormless, expanding substance
explosion · methane · suffocation · rockfall · accident · trapped · rescue · canary · safety · lamp
coal
Combustible sedimentary rock
tin · Cornish · Welsh · Appalachian · Victorian · prospector · boomtown · company · town · labor
derelict
Abandoned or neglectful
ruins · exploration · urbex · haunted · dangerous · warning · fenced · reclaimed · subsidence · sinkhole
- undergroundunderground, subterranean, cave systems, tunnels, tunnel
- mining historygold pan, pickaxes, prospectors, tunnels, prospecting
- RuhrEssen, Dortmund, Krupp, steel mills, steelworks
- mininggold, coal, oil, silver, iron
- coalfieldsAppalachia, Donbas, Donbass, coal seam, coal seams
mineshaftstowers
Tall vertical structures
skyscrapers · spires · smokestacks · masts · chimneys