Skip Shaft Headframe, Geevor Mine (Levant Section)

The headframe over Skip Shaft at Levant mine survives as a small timber structure which was built by Geevor Mine in the 1960s. The headframe is associated with an electric winding engine in a nearby concrete building. The headframe takes the form of a wooden tower set directly over the winding shaft and is braced by a pair of extended legs called boomstays. The entire frame is braced and triangulated for strength and is set on elongated bearers which are bolted down to a levelled platform surrounding the shaft opening. The headframe is unusually clad in plywood sheeting, the result of the shaft being utilised in later years as part of the Geevor underground ventilation control system. The winding wheel, cage and shaft furniture all survive.