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How can I stop the steam leak?
1 of 7: Click on the steam to examine it. (At least Samuel doesn't carelessly touch it and get scalded. Surprising after that electrical cable incident, huh?)
2 of 7: Since Samuel can't just hold his hand over the pipe to plug the leak, you'll need to find something that can be wrapped around the hole.
3 of 7: A nice big rag might do.
4 of 7: You can get such a rag by examining the skeleton that's in the mine tunnel that connects the storage room to the lift shaft room. (It's lying near the big dirt mound.)
5 of 7: However, a plain, dry rag won't do the trick. If you try clicking it on the steam leak, Samuel will point out that he'd burn himself.
6 of 7: You need to soak the rag to make it cooler and wetter.
7 of 7: You can find a pool of oily water next to the big lift engine, over toward its right side. Use the rag on it, then go use the wet rag on the steam leak.
