(1880 Mining and Scientific Press)
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Article describes what it was like for the miners in the extreme heat of the Comstock mines: "The men-packed together as close as they can stand on the cage-are popped up out of the shaft all steaming hot, for all the world like a bunch of asparagus just lifted from the pot."
(1880 Mining and Scientific Press)
(1880 Mining and Scientific Press)
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