[ExI] dark confession time

[Keith Henson]

On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 3:20 AM BillK via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> I hope you are not planning to do this in an abandoned coal mine!
> Underground coal fires are burning all around the world as they are
> almost impossible to extinguish.

Personally, not planning such an adventure again.

I don't know that a blast of this kind would set coal on fire.  I kind
of doubt it, but in any case, this was a hard rock sulfide mine.

An interesting side note is that the smoke that rolled out of the mine
afterward smelled like gunpowder smoke.

Keith

> <https://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-oldest-underground-fire-has-been-burning-fo-1539049759>
> Quote:
> The World's Oldest Underground Fire Has Been Burning For 6,000 Years
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> BillK
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