Glossary of Mining Terms

 

   
 

                                                                                                                                        

Collar

 

A term used to describe the entrance, or mouth, of a mine shaft.

 

Usually made of timber or concrete, it could also be used to describe the top of a drill hole.

 

 

Construction of collar - first stage of building a mine shaft.

 

 

 

 
   
   

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