She slapped Weyland on the back, then descended farther down the shaft to check on Miller's progress.

A sudden shaft of light descended into the pit.

The largest shaft descends for 450 meters and about 10,000 miners have worked it over its history.

Below, the shaft descended as far as searchbeams could penetrate into the rotting bowels of Coffin Island.

The shaft in which it ended was a full thousand feet across and descended into the earth as far as the torches could throw their beams.

The shaft with the staircase descended into the bowels of the hill.

The thick shaft filled her mouth, was withdrawn, then descended again, almost causing her to gag, but removed each time at the last minute.

Below, the circular shaft descended into dank obscurity.

Hope Pit's shaft descends 215 yards and produced coal after 1829.

The newly revealed shaft descends some five metres.