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Excerpt from Modern Practice in Mining, Vol. 2: The Sinking of Shafts
It seemed, therefore, that a distinct want might be fulfilled by the contribution to mining literature of a work on the sinking and lining of shafts, which, while describing the methods ordinarily adopted, should also offer some account of such modern systems as are used under what may be regarded as exceptionable circum stances.
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