PrefaceOrganization Lectures Future Trends in Shaft DevelopmentE. Neye, W. Burger, A. Frey, D. Petrow-Ganew, Benjamin Künstle Investment Costs Comparison of Shafts and DeclinesBranko Gluscevic, Cedomir Beljic, Zoran Gligoric Two-Dimensional Raise-Bore Hole Stability and Support Assessment for the Victoria Project in Ontario, CanadaM. Jakubowski, M. Moskwa Conditions of Deformation Prediction in the ShaftA. Kwinta State-of-the-Art in Blind Shaft Drilling for Shaft Sinking in the Coal-Mining Industry in ChinaSong Haiqing, Yao Zhishu, Cai Haibing Vertical Shaft Sinking for Underground Transportation Purposes in SloveniaMarko Ranzinger, Marjan Hudej Freezing Method as the Optimal Way of Rock Mass Treating in Polish Copper MinesSlawomir Fabich, Jacek Kulicki, Slawomir Switon About the Application of Conventional and Advanced Freeze Circle Design Methods of the Ust-Jaiwa Freeze Shaft ProjectNikolai Hentrich, Juergen Franz Static Calculations of Mine Shaft Linings in Poland (Selected Problems)A. Wichur, K. Frydrych, P. Kaminski The Construction of Shafts in the Copper Fields in the Conditions of the Fore-Sudetic Monocline as Exemplified by the SW-4 ShaftWojciech Chojnacki, Slawomir Fabich, Tadeusz Rutkowski Underground Deposit Exploitation - Bontang ProjectJanusz Olszewski, Pawel Wójcik, Janusz Rusek Deepening the JANINA VI ShaftJaroslaw Jankowski, Jacek Mikaa, Mariusz Gierat Vertical Position Identification of the Machine Vision System in the Mineshaft for the Purposes of Diagnostic Image Processing of the Mineshaft Lining SurfaceHenryk Kleta, Adam Heyduk, Jaroslaw Joostberens Sinking of 1 Bzie Shaft in Difficult Hydrogeological Conditions with the Application of Combined Lining and High-Performance ConcretesDaniel Wowra, Tomasz Sanocki, Mariusz Wojtaczka Reapir of Shaft Brick Lining within Clay-Stone Zone and Proposal of Alateration of the Polish Standard PN-G-14002:1997Roland Bobek, Tomasz Sledz, Adam Ratajczak, Wojciech Lekan, Piotr Gluch Application of Steel Segements in the Reinforcement of Shaft Lining at a Section of Sandwater AreaAleksander Wardas, Wojciech Lekan, Piotr Gluch