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The first discovery of the human remains and weapons was made about 16 metres below the surface, while the second discovery sometime last year was made at 24 metres.
The Zimbabwe National Army had to be summoned to detonate eight TNT hand grenades and identify several rounds of ammunition.

Workers came across the human remains on December 24 when they were working underground and made a report to the police who called in the ZNA Bomb Disposal Unit.
Also discovered in the shaft were 200 FN rifle loose rounds and 400x9mm live rounds of ammunition, which could not be identified.

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A butt of a suspected AK47 rifle and two rusty empty magazines, which were also suspected to be of an AK47 rifle, were recovered at the scene.
The human remains were taken to Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital, while the ammunition was taken by the ZNA Bomb Disposal Unit for further investigations.

Insp Mabgweazara said there were no results so far from the hospital to determine when the people died and the cause.
The mine is believed to have been opened by some German nationals around 1896 when the First Chimurenga started before operations ceased in 1914.