"He probably could have blasted through the eight meters of sand and granite with conventional explosives, but using explosives was risky when you did not know what lay beneath you-- it could close off tunnels or passageways in teh system below; it could even bring down the entire structure, and West's team didn't have th etime or the manpower to sift through a throusand tons of rubble for months
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"He probably could have blasted through the eight meters of sand and granite with conventional explosives, but using explosives was risky when you did not know what lay beneath you-- it could close off tunnels or passageways in teh system below; it could even bring down the entire structure, and West's team didn't have th etime or the manpower to sift through a throusand tons of rubble for months
7 Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly
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