• Question: What was the experience like being in a mine?

    Asked by Cal to Jarrod on 13 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Jarrod Hart

      Jarrod Hart answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      Hi @Cal – is is strange to be underground, especially if you go very deep and stay all day – it feels even more strange when you come out after being in the dark all day – so bright!
      It is also hot as you go deeper due to the the radioactivity of the rocks – very sweaty and then the dust sticks on you and you look awful when you get out.

      I’ve been in the world’s deepest mine, a gold mine in South Africa – you can read about it here:
      http://www.mining-technology.com/features/feature-top-ten-deepest-mines-world-south-africa/

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