For more than a century, the mining town of Lead, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, attracted workers with a taste for gold(对黄金有喜好). Now, a flagship experiment being built in the old mine is drawing scientists in search of more intriguing riches: answers to the deepest mysteries of the universe.(如今，在这座旧矿井中正在建造的一项旗舰实验，正吸引着科学家们前来寻找更引人入胜的财富：宇宙最深奥谜题的答案。)
一个多世纪以来，南达科他州布莱克山区的矿业小镇利德一直吸引着向往黄金的工人。如今，在这座旧矿井中正在建造的一项旗舰实验，正吸引着科学家们前来寻找更引人入胜的财富：宇宙最深奥谜题的答案。
Construction of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (Dune) in the former Homestake mine is due to start(定于……开始) on Monday. Engineers will begin assembling four giant detectors inside cavern(洞穴；巨洞)s blast(爆破)ed from rock a mile underground.
位于前霍姆斯泰克矿的深地中微子实验（Dune）的建设定于周一开始。工程师们将开始在一英里深的地下、由岩石爆破而成的洞穴中组装四个巨型探测器。
Once switched on, the detectors will quietly spark and flicker(闪烁；摇曳) as ghostly(幽灵般的) particles called neutrinos hurtle(飞驰；猛冲) through them. Some will arrive from the sun and distant supernovae, others in an intense beam sent through 800 miles (1,300km) of rock from a government laboratory near Chicago, Illinois.(有些中微子来自太阳和遥远的超新星，另一些则来自一束强烈的粒子束——这束粒子从伊利诺伊州芝加哥附近的一个政府实验室发出，穿过800英里（1300公里）的岩石。)
一旦开启，探测器将静静地闪烁微光，因为被称为中微子的幽灵般的粒子会飞速穿过它们。有些中微子来自太阳和遥远的超新星，另一些则来自一束强烈的粒子束——这束粒子从伊利诺伊州芝加哥附近的一个政府实验室发出，穿过800英里（1300公里）的岩石。