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MINES DATABASE - DETAIL

No	1
Name	Doctor's Shaft
NGR	SJ: 846775
Form	Shaft from surface
Part of (mine)	West Mine
Caption to photo	Capped shaft viewed at the bottom where the shaft joins open passage. Shaft can be climbed to near the surface using fixed ladders and ropes.
Note to name	House above (Mimwood?) used to belong to a doctor

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