Method and system for lining shafts

A system for lining shafts, such as mining shafts and the like, comprising:

• a plurality of precast liner panels;
• joint means on said liner panels for assembling a plurality of said panels to form a liner section of predetermined length;
• means for sealing the gap below a liner section from assembled liner panels;
• and
• means in said precast panels for filling the void behind said assembled panels between the panels and said mining shaft wall to set the shaft lining so that said liner section thus constitutes a section of an inplace fixed shaft lining.

A method of lining vertical shafts or shafts inclined to the horizontal such as mine shafts or the like comprising:

• precasting a plurality of liner panels;
• placing said precast panels in said shaft;
• assembling said precast panels to form a liner section of predetermined length;
• providing support structure below said panels so as to temporarily secure said panels in place;
• plugging the gap between the wall of the shaft and the assembled panels at the bottom of the assembled panels;
• and
• filling in the void between the assembled panels and the shaft wall to set the liner section so that said liner section thus constitutes a section of an inplace fixed shaft lining.

A system for lining vertical shafts or shafts inclined to the horizontal such as mining shafts or the like, comprising:

• two or more liner panels;
• means on said liner panels for assembling said liner panels to form a liner section of predetermined length:
• means for sealing the gap below a liner section from assembled liner panels;
• and
• means in said panels for filling the void behind said assembled panels between the panels and said mining shaft wall to set the shaft lining so that said liner panels thus constitute a section of an inplace fixed shaft lining.