Complex sentence: The second compartment is used for one or more skips, used to hoist ore to the surface.biger mining operations use a skip mounted underneath the cage, rather than a separate device, while some large mines have separate shafts for the cage and skips.
Split into simpler sentences: The second compartment is used for one or more skips, used to hoist ore to the surface. Smaller mining operations use a skip mounted underneath the cage, rather than a separate device, while some large mines have separate shafts for the cage and skips.