The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07

dsTknees visible and aree Of The vault We we're
in ~ underlined own Impressions minute before
We were standing on the green ssnrd Q! the Palisades
fore stretching for miles-sne mighty auoscu flo wing
like molten silver. the huge city Of New York and its
Iisnd charniDsly repeIe ~th every variety of tiot
seemed embosomed 90 mirror; The other side tbe
J.. the city sewArk-now we're sanding on snsro
atom. g, ankle deep N waie., and nearly ohoked Wits
~hich rested the debris iomed bv tbs
Of ih upper eeses ascending vet aai dirty
rupss, snieldn. our sgns from rom. the water thss
s0D'aa,y n s svs v a1 the ''s mn ss1
Each man had smalI q" ..n, se ss.,, a~
d.;,,s oSs about N parties src y der
bosng holes the rock for the we're s.rEpS
two sn with s large r slsS Ssp. steady the
srsr IL ;o,'e ~ Uosnon coa" h.. nssng
as We s,w those heavy bios ,s fsst via anerrix pre
On Ss ne s striker
VOW thing 0r him who held he drn. The hole bored
by this process averages frSm three 70 ourteen feet in
depth from ana haH 10 tive inches In diameter
The boring roLc or drills also vary from three four
teen Feet and are made ct Gait steel with eege like
ccai chise which has to oe resnarpened Seod, every
hour oener, accs ling 70 the nature Of the stone
be drilled The sose dust created In this process 10
trared By the inserting Of wet stick TO which the pull
Of third tc steady the dSil til it il sunk sufficiently
eeep 70 steady ITSELF viii complete Of these oor's IN
hn ,o srd nnr ~ ,oc bcb have
batted cut too large for hotpg 10 the mouth Of the sna
IN, va s,r,ved a. The heading ia nlsces tor low 10 stand
eract snd ,eoarinc corsaerah,a care 10 nrevent orr
heads comog in contact with tho sharp pieces OF rock "a
o,Se and bssxsm,h Dusty empio, ed snsrpsrng ms
drills for the miners brought 70 him on truck which
1srr onsn,,,y ~ now er In n.er-od varying
according the amount Of rock to be disiodssd but
oshs when IA snfcnt 70 blow ont about eighty varss
me po"uea tns, ,h we -
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vorSmen warned. who betsks III smse,yss to p;sss"
sss,u cnrsrnc,c3 rto md csnsd Sor,sScs,io fe y.
,hsv az an the q no s,ons ~ ~ ' - "AS''
The blasting can ha heard a. ccc.;der.br, a,..,.o
ond Wh ,S MY hn oon ZIP, Sp =, easaer Snaef
bpowp out tSe mss. Of s,ens vss pSsd On
h az ,s I nsea IA ssn~ SI @ 70 e.noSe
ne p' .nu "M1, on 'He consrsry,
wnen y saA' y quSA eNpiosou lt'ie OF 70 execuuon
rock ia discovered when whole keg or r,c Va ~
inserted and from seventy 10 one Inn aered vraa of
solid stona bovn down IYe SHOCK of c,.n n h,sst ie
uemenoous ana makes the earth quasi Ose-.T these
beer beard eieh, mes OF cod se9srni ~nnsnr incidents
are eIosed AZ In wing Occurred bv nso ha,rr ahoo M
,ber feet and ,he xindows of seversl horsx hang d.
rissed making ,boae ne,,sve who few the sS ,c ma
veabe eartbouake haa really and thai thew we're
about to descend and have prscc illustrator OF wins.
the centre Of the earth ;s really COM o.aa az "a ~
"a their own minds be able TO settle Sst wien has dsaeS
the genius Of philosophers Of ali ases Wheeler the csne
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