[ astrid would note that the paperwork seems to have been passed through rather quickly, indicating perhaps that the town was in need of money, since there were rather large sums offered in exchange for the rights to the quarry. the reasons offered up for excavating the area involved looking for a precious mineral of some kind believed to be found under the town. only trace amounts had ever even been found, but the person who put in the request seemed confident that if they dug down deep enough, they would hit quite a bit. to that end, a large amount of construction seems to have been done creating a system of tunnels below the 'quarry'. ]
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