The Last Airship
“His grenade had destroyed most of the crevasse which made its way deep into the heart of the mountain. The drilling process itself was easy enough, since the limestone was relatively soft. What took up most of their time was carrying out the rubble, bucket by bucket. There was only room for one person at a time to enter the hole. That person was rotated every half hour in order to maintain maximum drilling speed.
If Simmonds knew about it, so would the others, and that meant that he didn’t have... much time. His team were heavily armed, but who knows what sort of men, the other God damn treasure hunters had employed.
He had suggested to the leader of the elite team that they just use dynamite and blow their way down to the lower level of the tunnel. The leader had replied that he would be happy to do so, just as long as everyone was also happy to be crushed by the mountain above them in the process.
By lunchtime the next day, they had progressed approximately forty feet.
“How deep are we going, boss?”MoreLess
If Simmonds knew about it, so would the others, and that meant that he didn’t have... much time. His team were heavily armed, but who knows what sort of men, the other God damn treasure hunters had employed.
He had suggested to the leader of the elite team that they just use dynamite and blow their way down to the lower level of the tunnel. The leader had replied that he would be happy to do so, just as long as everyone was also happy to be crushed by the mountain above them in the process.
By lunchtime the next day, they had progressed approximately forty feet.
“How deep are we going, boss?”MoreLess
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