WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Dec. 25 (TNSres) -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, issued the following news: The elevator ride down was quicker than he expected. South Africa has the deepest active mines on Earth. And MBL scientist Emil Ruff and an international team of eight other scientists were headed towards the bottom. The 9,500 foot (2.9 km) trip down Earth's deepest single-shaft elevator took only four minutes. Crammed in with dozens of miners   more