Lead, SD, March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in the Black Hills of South Dakota is America’s Underground Lab – with cutting-edge experiments in biology ...

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The canaries were used to detect the build up of poisonous gas in the mine shafts. A wood engraving depicting the explosion of fire-damp (methane) in a mine. From 'Underground Life; or ...

During the tour you’ll see the original 700-foot-deep mine shaft – once contracted to produce 90,000 tons of anthracite coal – as well as a former miner's hospital, among other highlights.

The crews essentially built a wooden timber framed structure a mile deep-with all the added complications of working underground inside a mine shaft. "I don't think there's any word that could ...