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Further to the east another project was under way. The shaft at Dixon's mine was open to a depth of 100 ft and a survey revealed that the day level connected just below the blockage in the shaft. The level was flooded to the roof as a result of some land slippage and silting, but a two year dig and the burying of a fifty meter long drainage pipe provided eighteen inches of air space. The passage was pumped out many yeas ago but the air tested bad and the project was shelved. |