LEAD — The first components for the deep underground neutrino experiment have arrived in Lead, and starting this spring the LBNF/DUNE project team and officials with the Sanford Lab will
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Tue March 16, 2021 - Midwest Edition #6
Giles Lambertson â CEG Correspondent
An overlook of the open cut, where rock will be deposited from the 4,850-ft. level excavation.
(Sanford Underground Research Facility photo)
International science came to the Black Hills of western South Dakota, because that s where the deep hole is. Over the last century, the hole Ross Shaft was sunk 5,000 ft. to give access to lateral tunnels from which gold was extracted from sedimentary rock to a depth of 8,000 ft. Now the opening into the earth is being repurposed into an entranceway for a highly-sophisticated underground physics experiment.
Most of us non-scientists have to wrestle a bit to comprehend the scientific aspect of the project, which is called the