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Both men threw themselves into the challenge of learning their respective jobs.
Harry first had to overcome the claustrophobia and appalling low light level that almost sent him screaming from the mine on more than one occasion.
Second, being over six feet tall, his head often unexpectedly found the tunnel’s roof support beams, which either left him dazed and down on his knees, or in a colourful rant, trumped only by the repertoire used by the bullock teamsters he’d met the week before.
Third, being “bent over like a half open pocket-knife all day”, as he often complained, wasn’t doing Harry’s lower back any favours.
Fourth, though he hated it, he soon found it necessary to always wear a large neckerchief to avoid swallowing and inhaling the ever-present rock dust.
And fifth, he n
