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OP Dear WW: If I remember correctly, they used to drill vertical shafts every hundred yards or so to connect with the horizontal tunnel below. I don't remember it being said why they did this, but it might be for ventillation need by the miner, and it might be easier to pull excavated material up the shaft instead of having to crawl all the way out with each bucketful.
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