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[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago (4 children)
[–] Kayel@aussie.zone 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Still confused. They're sinking shafts at an angle into rock, filling with water, the pressure towards the bottom breaks the rock.

And then? How is the water drained, the shaft re- stabilised, etc

[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The water isn't drained. You sink the shaft past what you need to extract. Restabilization is why slave lives were so cheap. This was gulag work. Shafts would collapse all the time. It's not a modern mining operation.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

It's not a modern mining operation.

Well it's fracking

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