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Another big chamber 30 m across and perhaps 20 m high was developed on the dip. It is likely that work continued using firesetting to widen the stope after the limiting depth was reached, no doubt coinciding with the removal of pillars between the two finger stopes. Burnt wood residues suggest an age of 2180 years before present.