Five Shaft rehabilitation project

Before

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Teams were hand-picked from the best and most experienced crews on the mine

Clearing the debris from the tipping X/Cut on 29 Level leading to the belts

A boilermaker at BGM tackles the wreckage of the steel conveyor head pulley section destroyed by the seismic event

Repairs taking place at 71 - 36 cross cut

72 Haulage to stopes

72 Haulage to stopes - work in progress

Damage to the access rail arrangement to 5 shaft 29 level ore receiving bin

Looking down 5 shaft at 29 Level ore bin

Twisted conveyor belt on 29 level

Tipping arrangement at level 28

Re-opening haulage pillar at 75 - 36 stope

Refrigeration plant - 29 level

More damage to 72 level belts

Hand-picked crews cleaning out 28 level access to winder rooms

Damage to concrete lining

Damage to brattice wall above 28 level

Access way - 72 levey - note the conveyor belt on the RHS

77 Level escape way

72 Level belts

72 Haulage to stopes

71 Level station

71-36 Cross cut

29 Level belt cross cut opening up

29 Level access way leading from 5 shaft to 5a sub shaft

28 Level Station