The Most Bizarre Things Found in Mines

Some of the deepest mines in the world extend miles below the surface of the Earth. Deep, dark pits that stretch on into forever. The world is littered with them and we’ve used them to mine everything from salt to gold to obscure metals like tantalum and gallium. But every so often you’ll find a mine in the world that is less about the ore hidden inside it than some other bizarre inhabitants....


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