deep shaft
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Describes a shaft that extends far downwards.
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- They lowered him down to the bottom of the deep shaft.
- The miners began their descent into the deep shaft.
- Explorers found a surprisingly deep shaft within the cave.
- A new ventilation system required digging a deep shaft.
- Looking down the abandoned deep shaft sent shivers down his spine.
- The engineers proposed a deep shaft to access geothermal energy.
- Water quickly filled the deep shaft after the heavy rains.
- They had to construct a deep shaft through solid rock.
- The rescue operation involved lowering equipment into the deep shaft.
- Generations of miners worked in those deep shafts.