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Digging Sand Shaft where an old shaft had run into the Stump Shaft excavationLooking down into the heavily timbered Sand Shaft. This was eventually concreted at the rock headStump Shaft in the later days when it had nearly been levelled back up to the field
The last resting place of the headframe before it was dismantled.Temple ShaftThe 'Temple' in Wood Mine that gave the name to Temple Shaft
Temple Shaft was probably the most elaborate project of its kind with the excavated shaft 12 ft square and 15 ft deepAt the bottom of Temple Shaft where the sand finished and the rock started. A concrete plug was installedOne of the digging team

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