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incline shaft

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incline shaft [′in‚klīn ‚shaft]
(mining engineering)
A shaft which has been dug at an angle to the vertical to follow the depth of the lode.


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The incline shaft will be collared at a 25 degree slope which will increase to a maximum of 40 degrees before it reaches its target depth 146 m below portal elevation after 255 m of development.
Packsetter bags, containing quick-setting grout, are being erected as control barriers to contain the volume and velocity of any possible flow, and to divert such flow into the incline shaft, i.
 
 
 
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