Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-08-24

which underiaid the city became places Of
refuge for the infirm and helpless in Pc
riods of seige and disaster.
Il has long been more than suspected
that gallery of this quarry extended un-
der the wall of the city itself, but nothing
was positively known regarding it, as it
has been kept carefully closed by the sue
cessive governors of Jerusalem. The
mouth of the cavern WAS probably walled
up at least as early as the time Of the cru
sades, to prevent lis failing into the hands
of d beselging army; earth was then
thrown up against this wall, so as to COM
pletely conceal Il from view, and It Is on
ly upon The closest scrutiny that the pres
.ent entrance can Re perceived.
The quarry lies directly under the Mo
halnmedan quarter of the city, and, in
case of an insurrection of the Jews, ii
would be almost impregnable if taken
possession of by Insurgents, and. at the
same time, they would have it in their
power TO blow up az that quarter of the
cily. The mouth of the quarry is not far
distant from the level Of the platform on
which the Temple stood, and it is evident
" the site from which the materials for
Of soft texture, easily worked, nearly
white. and like the stone of Malta and
Paris, hardens by exposure % the atmos-
phere. The work of quarrying was APP
parently effected hy an instrument re-
semhling picll-aXe, with broad chisel
shaped end, rs the spaces between the
blocks were not more than four inches in
width, in which ii would be impossible for
a man 10 work with chisel and malltt.-
The marks ofthe cutting instrument are
as plain and we'll defined as If the work
man had but JUS ceased from his labor,
The heaps of clippings which lie about
show that the stone was dressed on the
SPOT, which accords with the account Of
the building Of the Tomple:-'' And the
house, when it was in building, was lmlt
Of stone, made ready before it was bro't
thither so that there was neither ham
mer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard
IN the house while it was building" The
extent Of The quarry, the amount Of stone
which must have been worked out there,
and the size of some of the blocks them
seIyes-the extreme age of the part which
has been exposed to the action of the eie-
ments. and which dates lacl; i'm legends
and traditions to the time Of jeremiah
the fact that there are 80 other Quarries
OF any great SIZE near lhe cIly' aud cs-
peclaily the fact that in the reign Of Solo
mon this quarry, in It's whole extent, was
without the limits Of the city.
The gates OF Jerusalem, which were
said TO symholize those Of the New Jcru-
salem, the spiritual city of our God, are
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