RAISE: a vertical or inclined shaft driven upward from an underground working.
REEF: Australian word for lode.
ROOF: the ceiling of a working, as the back of a drift.
ROYALTY: a percentage of the earnings or product paid an owner.
SHAFT: a vertical or inclined opening sunk from the surface to gain access or to explore an orebody.
SHIFT: a period of working time.
SKIP: an ore bucket used to hoist ore and muck in a shaft.
SLUICE: a trough with riffles for separating placer gold.
SMELTING: the reduction of metals from the ore in a furnace.
STOPE: usually a room where the ore is mined.