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Shaft sinking through overburden at Lapa Cadillac
Account of sinking about 38 ft to provide collar for shaft; two earlier attempts had been abandoned; sheet steel piling was driven, to give 3-ft clearance around old excavation; old shaft sets and material mucked out and new sets added to brace piling; mucking difficulties; water troubles; excavating in rock; concreting; work started Apr 29 1936 and completed in 66 days.
Shaft sinking through overburden at Lapa Cadillac
Account of sinking about 38 ft to provide collar for shaft; two earlier attempts had been abandoned; sheet steel piling was driven, to give 3-ft clearance around old excavation; old shaft sets and material mucked out and new sets added to brace piling; mucking difficulties; water troubles; excavating in rock; concreting; work started Apr 29 1936 and completed in 66 days.
Shaft sinking through overburden at Lapa Cadillac
Can Min J
Sharp, D.H. (author)
1940
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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