A 43-foot steel beam weighing 15,890 pounds rides 4,850 feet down an old South Dakota gold mine standing upright in a cage 4.5 feet wide, one of roughly 2,100 pieces that have to make the same trip before summer ends

"A 43-foot steel beam weighing 15,890 pounds rides 4,850 feet down an old South Dakota gold mine standing upright in a cage 4.5 feet wide, one of roughly 2,100 pieces that have to make the same trip before summer ends" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 4 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.

Outlets currently covering the story include Black Hills Pioneer, Mirage News, SDPB and Autonocion.com. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.

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