A man has been airlifted to hospital after being rescued from a disused mine shaft in the Sunny Corner Forest, 30km east of Bathurst.
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About 10.30am on Monday, emergency services were called to forest, following reports of a man had fallen 10m down a mine shaft.
Officers attached to Chifley Police District, Bathurst Police Rescue, NSW VRA and NSW Ambulance attended the scene.
Police were told the 53-year-old man was riding his trail bike through Sunny Corner State Forest with a group when they stopped and dismounted at a mine shaft about 70m off the Turpins Fire Trail.
The man entered a horizontal tunnel, where the edge gave way and he fell down a vertical shaft, falling about 10m into water. He was brought to the surface about 12.10pm and, after being treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics, was carried a short distance to a 4WD ambulance and driven to a helicopter.
The man was been airlifted to Westmead Hospital for treatment for suspected broken ankles, a dislocated shoulder, internal injuries and bruising.
