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After arriving at the pit's bottom, the excavating machines placed the mined ore into the trucks, then the trucks ascended once more, pouring the ore into the train carriages that sat waiting.
In this way, it would take roughly two days and two nights to load a batch; after which the train would haul the ore away, completing an order.
In the subterranean mining area, the workers wearing helmets maneuvered mechanical arms to continuously sever chunks of white crystals, with dust rising amidst it all, barely contained by the spray of water mist from a small pipe beside the mechanical arms.
Even so, the environment here remained harsh, as long-term inhalation of dust would cause various occupational illnesses.
Another significant chunk of pale crystal was severed, and then the worker adjusted its position, set the parameters, and hopped down from the driver's seat.
