shaft house

shaft house

[′shaft ‚hau̇s]
(mining engineering)
A building at the mouth of a shaft, where ore or rock is received from the mine.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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