This Photo by Paul Hinzman- Associate Professor of Physics at Michigan Tech.

These aren't really stalagmites- They are upside-down icicles formed near the surface by water dripping off the roof of the stope and cooled to freezing by the winter air coming down from the vent adit. That's Charley Arnold about 6'4"- to give you an idea of the size of the ice formations.

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