The Internet makes such questions too easy: Job 28.

Mark Minton
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On Mon, November 17, 2014 9:33 pm, Marvin Miller via Texascavers wrote:
> Here's a Locklearian post:
>
> What ancient text is the following taken from?
>
> 1There is a mine for silver
>     and a place where gold is refined.
> 2 Iron is taken from the earth,
>     and copper is smelted from ore.
> 3 Mortals put an end to the darkness;
>     they search out the farthest recesses
>     for ore in the blackest darkness.
> 4 Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft,
>     in places untouched by human feet;
>     far from other people they dangle and sway.
> 5 The earth, from which food comes,
>     is transformed below as by fire;
> 6 lapis lazuli comes from its rocks,
>     and its dust contains nuggets of gold.
> 7 No bird of prey knows that hidden path,
>     no falcon’s eye has seen it.
> 8 Proud beasts do not set foot on it,
>     and no lion prowls there.
> 9 People assault the flinty rock with their hands
>     and lay bare the roots of the mountains.
> 10 They tunnel through the rock;
>     their eyes see all its treasures.
> 11 They search the sources of the rivers
>     and bring hidden things to light.

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