"A miners’ legend has it that Satan lives in gold mines."

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- Photo by Moises Saman

The New Yorker is out with an incredible long form survival story.

In 2010, 33 workers at the San José Mine in Chile's Atacama desert were trapped 2000 feet below the surface for 69 days with barely enough food to keep them alive, and only oil tainted water to keep their dying bodies hydrated.

This is a must read for those with 30 minutes and an interest in the humanity of underground mining.

Read: Héctor Tobar: How the Chilean Miners Survived