• n  excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine

News & Articles

• Wyc Grousbeck has faith in C’s evolution
  They have not sent a canary down the mineshaft. The Celtics are choosing instead to grit their teeth into a smile and stride aggressively into a rebuilding project that could get a little hard on the eyes and the win column before it reaches a completion that is not promised.
  July 7, 2013 - Boston Herald

Quotes

• Todd Pletcher in BloodHorse
  We felt that after the Travers we had a horse that had come a long way in a short period of time and looking at the schedule, there weren't too many places to go,said Pletcher. "We could have come to Belmont and run against Mineshaft in...
• Paul Sarbanes in Baltimore Sun
  Enron was the "canary in the mineshaft," said Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes, a Maryland Democrat and co-author of the bill.