Charters Towers mine shafts, Heritage-listed gold mine shafts in Charters Towers, Australia.

Charters Towers mine shafts are eight vertical shafts sunk between 1883 and 1916, standing among the suburban streets of Charters Towers. Most are capped or fenced; the surviving headframes, poppet heads and machinery were dismantled for scrap during World War I, so what remains is the shaft openings and ruins of the mine workings.

The gold discovery in 1871 led to rapid development into one of Queensland's largest mining centers. The goldfield reached its peak in the late 1800s before production gradually declined.

The mining operations attracted workers from around the world who came seeking fortune and left their mark on this remote settlement. These shafts represent the dreams and labor of thousands of people who descended into the earth to extract their wealth.

The eight shafts stand among suburban streets rather than on one enclosed site, so they are visited by walking between them. The Charters Towers City Council fenced the remaining shafts in the 1960s, and a capping programme for old shafts has been carried out in recent years. The Department of Natural Resources and Mines maintains them.

The Day Dawn Block and Wyndham Company worked three shafts on the Day Dawn reef from 1883 to 1912, raising 589,531 long tons of ore for 546,531 ounces of gold — the greatest yield of any mine on the Charters Towers goldfield.