shaft-house

Every improvement for bettering the conditions under which the men worked was put in -- better air-pumps; a large shaft-house with dressing-rooms for the men, to save them from going out while heated, to be exposed to winter's cold; a hospital for the sick; lower prices at the company's store; Finnegan's saloon enlarged and fitted up as a temperance club-house, with not a drop of liquor, but plenty of good cheer.

The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher

In the absence of better lumber, for which they had no money, Van and his partners had torn down the shaft-house, made it into sluices, and turned in the water from the stream.

The Furnace of Gold Philip Verrill Mighels

Perhaps the shack and the shaft-house on the claim, with the windlass and tools included by

The Furnace of Gold Philip Verrill Mighels

The rough board cabin and the rougher shaft-house were scarcely worth knocking down for lumber.

The Furnace of Gold Philip Verrill Mighels

In the centre were the great breaker-buildings, the shaft-house, and the power-house with its tall chimneys; nearby were the company-store and a couple of saloons.

King Coal : a Novel Upton Sinclair 1923

They came to the shaft-house of Number Two, and found a swarm of people, almost a riot.

King Coal : a Novel Upton Sinclair 1923

There was still a rain of lighter debris pattering down over the village; as they stared, and got their wits about them, remembering how things had looked before this, they realised that the shaft-house of Number One had disappeared.

King Coal : a Novel Upton Sinclair 1923

Blindeye Bozeman and Taylor Bill formed the entire working staff until the much-sought million dollars should flow in and a shaft-house, portable air pumps, machine drills and all the other attributes of modern mining methods should be put into operation.

The Cross-Cut Courtney Ryley Cooper 1913

Kilmeny emerged from the shaft-house and called a cheerful good-morning across to her.

The Highgrader William MacLeod Raine 1912

They took a side street that ran up the hill, presently came to the end of it, and stopped at the foot of a trail leading to the abandoned shaft-house.

The Highgrader William MacLeod Raine 1912