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What could cause a mine shaft to cave in?

I’m working on a story and need to have someone cause a shaft to cave in. If say one of the wooden support beams were under extreme stress and cracked and the head of his pickaxe broke and flew into the crack, could that cause it by destroying the beam? What could?

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Queen Elizatron 4000 offline Verified User (2 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (2 minutes after post)

I almost thought something at first….

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 1 year, 3 months ago (3 minutes after post)

possibly but not probably. Explosions from built up natural gas is the usual case.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (10 minutes after post)

Well, I really am not going for the usual here lol. The cave-in kills his father, so I want him to SOMEHOW have some blame for it.

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 1 year, 3 months ago (14 minutes after post)

how about a earth quake? or a earth quake as a result of the someone setting off dynamite?

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (17 minutes after post)

Hmmm, but I’m thinking the town is WAY too poor to have dynamite…. But that’s an idea if I want to modify…

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