deep-shaft

Updated: May 31, 2025

The walls of the mine, also, have to be strongly supported, in order that they may not fall and crush the workers or fill up the shaft. In deep-shaft mines, coal is carried to the surface by cages hoisted through the shaft. It is sorted and cleaned above ground. One of the largest uses of coal is found in the factories where numerous articles of iron and steel are made.

Wilbur Fisk Gordy - Stories of Later American History