> > You're on the right track if you hacked down the stalagmites; just hold on to the dynamite for now. I don't recall where the matches are, but you're on the verge of accessing a very important (and very annoying) section of the game.
> >
> > Climb back up the pipe to get back to the first level, and take the cart down to that area again - but this time, you must take note that the cart is STILL MOVING. In fact, the track continues further on, and if you hurry, you can probably still catch the cart again before it's gone. (This, of course, requires a shortcut - but hey, didn't you just make one by hacking down those stalagmites?)
> >
> > -Mandi aka Chaos
>
> Also, when you run out of things to do on that track of exploration, you might want to check your terminal to see if any new and important messages have shown up (you can do this before any further mine exploration, actually).

Oh, thanks so much for this Mandi. I was pretty sure this was what I should be doing from the many, many posts on this board about the game. I just couldn't work out the right places to go.

I guess I'll need to get out another sheet of my map paper- I already have five maps for this game- and I hope I can get through the caverns without any more help, but I'll probably be back soon!

And I'll check my messages when I can be bothered to go back to the ship, but it's a very long way!

Thanks again everyone.