“Mine Inspector”
by L. Ron Hubbard

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Publication date: December 1936

Original publication: Argosy

Genre: Action & Adventure

Series: Hazardous Professions (The Hell Job Series)

Story description: Delaney is only a “blueprint” miner, who stays above ground, hated for his good clothes, his office, and his education. When he goes into the mine and finds dangerous gas, an encounter with his physically intimidating nemesis ends in a dramatic reversal of roles.

Currently available in the book The Hell Job Series.