In the 1930s, during the Hawk's Nest Tunnel Tragedy ("America's Worst Industrial Disaster"), hundreds to thousands of unprotected workers died of silicosis resulting from digging a West Virginia tunnel through:

Question

In the 1930s, during the Hawk's Nest Tunnel Tragedy ("America's Worst Industrial Disaster"), hundreds to thousands of unprotected workers died of silicosis resulting from digging a West Virginia tunnel through:
A. chrysotile asbestos
B. vermiculite
C. quartz-rich rock
D. uranium

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C. quartz-rich rock

The Hawk's Nest Tunnel Tragedy involved unprotected workers who were exposed to silica dust while tunneling through quartz-rich rock, leading to a high incidence of silicosis and other respiratory illnesses.