mineshaft in English

noun
1
a deep narrow vertical hole, or sometimes a horizontal tunnel, that gives access to a mine.

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1. 2 The body had been thrown down a disused mineshaft.

2. Coal is a mineral that can be obtained by mining Coal ore, which can be found easily on the faces of mountains in mountains biomes, in caverns, and underground.A lump of Coal can be mined from Coal ore with any kind of pickaxe.It can also be found in dungeons, igloos, strongholds, and woodland mansion chests as well as abandoned mineshaft chest minecarts.