Mine Shaft at Dakhleh Oasis (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Mine Shaft at Dakhleh Oasis

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A vertical shaft gives access to one of the Dakhleh mines. Small steps were cut into the shaft to make it easier to descend to the horizontal galleries that followed veins of the cobalt-bearing mineral alum.

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Colin A. Hope/ Paul Kucera/ Monash University

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