Shaft Mining
Shaft Mining is when you mine underground in the goldfields.
Edward Hargraves discovered the first gold in a shaft . Shaft mining always needs a cradle, pickaxe and a shovel. Shaft mining is the earnest form of underground mining. Underground mining is selected when the rock or mineral is so far to reach using surface mining. Shaft mining is the kind of mine that you normally see in movies where the miner travels straight down into a profound, dark tunnel until he reaches the base.