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<blockquote data-quote="phindar" data-source="post: 3473072" data-attributes="member: 37198">I saw a show on History Channel a little while ago (Wild West Tech, maybe) that detailed the Comstock Lode silver mine.&nbsp; The mine was dug in sandy ground, and so deadly cave-ins were frequent.&nbsp; The solution was something called Square-Set Timbering, in which old railroad ties were fashioned into cubes, and were put into the mine as it was excavated.&nbsp; There is a pic of it <a href="http://www.bitofhistory.com/WebPages/NVWeb/SquareSetTimbering.html" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp; Or if you prefer, here's a pic of a model:<img src="http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/comstockscience/Sqsettimbphoto.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />In a lot of ways, its a big open honeycomb.&nbsp; (Supposedly, that's where the inventor-- Philip Deidesheimer-- got the idea.)&nbsp; Watching the tv show I thought to myself, &quot;What a bleeping great idea for a dungeon.&quot;I wonder what the best way to represent the open nature of the 3D dungeon would be, particular on a 2D battlemat (short of breaking into whatever museum displays that model and stealing it, which is not off my options list just yet).&nbsp; This <a href="http://www.miningswindles.com/html/comstock_lode.html" target="_blank">site</a> has some interesting info on it about the Comstock Lode in general.&nbsp; Apparently the way the veins of silver intertwined, leading to many conflicts between the owners of different veins.&nbsp; &quot;Disagreements over mining rights followed the mines underground, and rival companies hired gunmen to fight when mining tunnels intersected.&quot;&nbsp; Aside from the idea of a honeycomb dungeon, having mine owners hire pc's to protect their claims is a neat idea.Fans of the third season of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348914/" target="_blank">Deadwood</a> will remember George Hearst (as played by Major Dad, always happy to see that guy getting work), and the many references to the Comstock Lode.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="phindar, post: 3473072, member: 37198"] I saw a show on History Channel a little while ago (Wild West Tech, maybe) that detailed the Comstock Lode silver mine. The mine was dug in sandy ground, and so deadly cave-ins were frequent. The solution was something called Square-Set Timbering, in which old railroad ties were fashioned into cubes, and were put into the mine as it was excavated. There is a pic of it [url=http://www.bitofhistory.com/WebPages/NVWeb/SquareSetTimbering.html]here[/url]. Or if you prefer, here's a pic of a model: [img]http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/comstockscience/Sqsettimbphoto.JPG[/img] In a lot of ways, its a big open honeycomb. (Supposedly, that's where the inventor-- Philip Deidesheimer-- got the idea.) Watching the tv show I thought to myself, "What a [i]bleeping[/i] great idea for a dungeon." I wonder what the best way to represent the open nature of the 3D dungeon would be, particular on a 2D battlemat (short of breaking into whatever museum displays that model and stealing it, which is not off my options list just yet). This [url=http://www.miningswindles.com/html/comstock_lode.html]site[/url] has some interesting info on it about the Comstock Lode in general. Apparently the way the veins of silver intertwined, leading to many conflicts between the owners of different veins. [i]"Disagreements over mining rights followed the mines underground, and rival companies hired gunmen to fight when mining tunnels intersected."[/i] Aside from the idea of a honeycomb dungeon, having mine owners hire pc's to protect their claims is a neat idea. Fans of the third season of [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348914/]Deadwood[/url] will remember George Hearst (as played by Major Dad, always happy to see that guy getting work), and the many references to the Comstock Lode. [/QUOTE]

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