jul 24, 1971 - Boom goes the Diamond Mine

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Carl Richards, a man whose been mining for nearly 50 years at this point, is worried about noxious gas in the new diamond branch. When the foreman refuses to take his concerns seriously, he takes matters into his own hands with a tried and true mining method: Donkey with a torch. Early in the morning, before the morning shift shift arrives to continue carving out the new shaft, Carl straps an open candle to a donkey, slaps its ass and sends it down the slope to the new lowest level. It doesn't take long for a fire ball the size of the tunnel itself to come shooting out, a great rumble follwing as the lower level of the mine collapse.

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