 From the station tunnels (drifts, galleries or levels) extend towards the ore body, sometimes for many kilometers.The lowest Shaft Station is most often the point where rock leaves the mine levels and is transferred to the shaft, if so a Loading Pocket is excavated on one side of the shaft at this location to allow transfer facilities to be built.Beneath the lowest Shaft Station the shaft continues on for some distance, this area is referred to as the Shaft Bottom.