Consider bribery
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From: How to Advance a Science
Action Cost: 0
Your research is practical, and nothing is more practical than money.
Unlocked with 
Deed to a Port Cecil Business, Encoded in Chess Notation
Locked with 
Camaraderie & Misery 3
Success
Purchasing silence
You cannot simply approach the miners with a jingling bag […] You must nurture their trust before it will bear the appropriately cooperative fruit.
[…] "We'll need to work out in the open to study the Principles, and we don't want anyone asking questions. […][Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Success Instructions: When the miners have successfully excavated a large scintillack payload and their spirits are high, they will be most amenable to bribery. Prepare for low tide and keep the lamp-cats at bay.
