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What is a winze?

What is a winze? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A steep shaft in a mine which joins two levels.
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A 200 foot winze, i.e. an internal shaft, was established from the 500 ft. to the 700 ft. level with sub levels at 550, 600 and 700 ft.
Completed the detailed design of a new winze at the Grasberg complex, to be used for high-capacity muck haulage.
He was not prepared to get his feet wet and didn't like the dark, so he told us to sort it out and dump it down a flooded winze.
On hearing the noise they ran to this winze, and, looking down, saw the water boiling and roaring far below.
The company has decided to replace the old shaft and winze with a new 7,500-foot single lift.
Another winze disclosed pockets of gold mineralization, but no mining was done in the area because of fractured and altered ground and an influx of water.

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