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Two rows of beams next to each other

Mineshaft hallway
Abandoned Mineshafts are underground structures added by vanilla Minecraft. They consist of tunnels supported by wooden beams and often intersect with ravines and caves. Abandoned Mineshafts are full of worn-down minecart tracks and the occasional minecart or chest. These chests contain regular dungeon loot. Mineshafts are useful for finding large amounts of rails and ores. If a mineshaft happens to intersect with a deep ravine or a hole, a wooden bridge will span the gap. Mineshafts are the only structures added by vanilla Minecraft that house cave spiders, which spawn from spawners surrounded by cobwebs.