In the spring of 2018 we introduced the concept of optical gravity. The idea is that the geometry of spacetime is always a flat Minkowski space. Low gravitational potential reduces the speed of light, that is, the space is more "optically dense" at such areas. Also clocks tick slower there.
The idea is originally due to Isaac Newton, who tried to unify gravitation with optics.
Optical gravity is equivalent to general relativity. It is just another way of looking at a physical system.
https://www.physicsfoundations.org/1_5_dynamic-universe.html
Doctor Tuomo Suntola has developed a different model where the "tilt" of space affects the speed of light. Looking at his diagrams, the tilt seems to be the strength of the gravitational field, not the potential. According to Suntola, clocks tick the slower and the speed of light is the slower, the greater the tilt.
A brief browsing of the Internet did not reveal any published paper about the speed of clocks in a deep mine. It should be measured. According to general relativity, the speed is dependent on the potential and the clock ticks slower in the mine. But if the speed is dependent on the gravitational acceleration, then the clock ticks faster.
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