shaft station

Big King was at the shaft station when they heard the water coming.

"Take a gang back to the shaft station.

Beneath the lowest Shaft Station the shaft continues on for some distance, this area is referred to as the Shaft Bottom.

At locations where the Shaft Barrel meets horizontal workings there is a Shaft Station which allows men, materials and services to enter and exit the shaft.

They would fill the waggons from the hoppers at the shaft stations on Deep Level, then after coupling them together, say, in sets of three, the horse would be hitched on and the train hauled out to the grizzleys at the dressing floors.

The lowest Shaft Station is most often the point where rock leaves the mine levels and is transferred to the shaft, if so a Loading Pocket is excavated on one side of the shaft at this location to allow transfer facilities to be built.