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Well ackshually... :) Shout out for the deepest hand dug well: https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/places/utilities/woodingdean-well/woodingdean-well https://

• justinclift 7y ago
  That page says the well was 1285 feet (~390 meters). So, the Mir mine (525 meters) does seem deeper.
  • lb1lf 7y ago
    -True, but at some point I believe it is safe to say that the Soviets started using heavy machinery - an option denied the workhouse inmates who dug the well. (This is where the 'deepest hole dug' contest gets a whiff of 'No true Scotsman...') On some levels I find the well more impressive than the mine, though. A 4ft diameter hole dug 1285ft deep means some 400 cubic meters of dirt was removed. By hand. That's an awful lot of blisters by anyone's standards.
  • growlist 7y ago
    Sure - I did specify well.