rapidly-deepening

Updated: May 9, 2025

Men had come from inside it, and scattered all about, seeking the metal ores they were now mining. The natives, friendly and childishly curious, had gathered in force to watch these strange new creatures, and because of their trusting natures had been easily trapped, imprisoned and forced to work long, hard hours in the rapidly-deepening holes.

E. Everett (Edward Everett) Evans - Man of Many Minds