Description: Neves-Corvo Mine, Santa Bárbara de Padrões, Castro Verde, Beja District, Portugal The shores of hell: plaque remembering the day the miners reached the -1000 m level. The climate at that depth is oppressive: 50ºC and 120% humidity in a mist, dark and suffocating atmosphere in spite of air circulation system.

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