Britain's deepest mine is found at Boulby, in between Saltburn-on-Sea and Whitby on the North Yorkshire coast.... It is 4, 593ft beneath the ground and takes six minutes to descend to the bottom of. Within the mine, which has been open since 1968, there are more than 620 miles worth of tunnels that have been excavated. Miners down the pit are looking for salt seams deposited after the evaporation of the ancient Zechstein Sea around 250 million years ago. However, it's not just mining that goes

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