The selection of a mine shaft location within a given area is one of the most complex and difficult problems encountered when opening a mineral deposit. Let us first consider what this problem entails, what factors must guide its resolution, and what circumstances and conditions determine one or another position of the shaft within the area. Below is a list of factors and conditions (see the article). Our aim is to provide a method that, on the one hand, facilitates solving the problem of determining the mine shaft location, even if this solution is approximate, yet practically sufficient; on the other hand, it allows for taking into account a greater number of circumstances and conditions than is typically done in practice, since it is clear that the more of these are taken into consideration, the more successful the choice of shaft location will be.