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Mining denotes a die made ​​from top to bottom, lowered blind shaft. A die can be created in the incidence of the Ganges or cowardly either. Previously, dies only a rectangular cross -section, while applied in modern times usually round or elliptical dies. The opposite of a die is a Aufhauen, About hewing or leave.

A die usually has no direct connection to ground surface and not to a deeper sole. If the die with a deeper sole durchschlägig, you usually referred to it as a blind shaft. In the uranium mining Wismut were short blind shafts, which refers to a deeper side sole, joined to a production well to a base or platform without Füllortanschluß as dies.

Use

Dies are designed to promote, the material handling and driving experiences of, or after lower-lying soles that are not directly accessible from the main shaft from ( Unterwerksbau ) data or the lower parts of the deposit. Dies can reach with one or two conveyors from simple mining operations from the abandoned mines with hand reel or even without promotion to the fully equipped blind shaft.

Exceptions

On several smaller open shafts are called dies. During the renovation of the East German uranium mining by the bismuth GmbH some new wells, including several open shafts sunk and called Untersuchungsgesenke were.