Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-08-07

do specimen of Crochet Work, 90
do Bonne. (domestic) 90
ID do 30
Best Straw Bonnet, 90
2d do do 80
Best Ornamental Shell Work, / 90
do spec, men Of y ak FIowe-s, 90
do do Straw Hats, 80
CCor espondeuce of jhe Pai 1,',, - ees in 81.
Perilous Adventure of two New York Ladies in
Coal Nine.
During the present summer two young
ladies from the city of New York, were
visiting at the residence Of the superin-
tendent of the great Forest. Improve
ment Companies mines, in the Schuyl-
kill coal region. The younger was bat
eighten years Of age, and both possessed
that love of adventure which appears
natural 10 a city belle when relieved
from The contracted and confnin@ indu-
ence of metropolitan life. After solouru-
ing some weeks amid the wild and beau-
tiful scenery Of "Woodside," they De-
came anxious for novel excitement,
and determined TO 90 down into a mine.
The idea once conceived, couldn't be
reasoned away; into a mine they mus
so, and the deepest one must be selected
for the excursion.
An intelligent and brave Sco'chman,
whose practical knowledge OF IN niug IS
of the most thorough chara-ler, was APP
peal to, and he decided lhal an old d,'Ljl,
! (dy9jt, reader, is an opening leading
/ horizontally into the side OF u mouulan,)
known as the "Oto Mine" was The most
/ suitable for The proposed ,islt. The drift
/ extended in the mounatn distance Of
/ one mile and 4 half, and had noL been
worked for years. The dangers attend
/ ing the excursion were not concealed,
/ but these only added zesl 10 the undert2-
4 king. Two young gentlemen, also From
/ York, volunteered Us escorts, and ihe
company was formed. Il was arranged
I that a drift car VAS 10 lie taken 90 lhe
entrance Of the mine, and that thlo drawn
/ by a mule, and driven by 4 miner, was
TO convey the parry iuio the earth's bos-
ON. while the Scolchman was 10 accom-
pany them as guide.
Having equipped themselves for the
! journey, they departed At five O'Clock IN
The afternoon, ana reached The end Of
The mrne without difficulty. Here an
] hour was spent in examining The coal
/ formations and the sublerranean cham
/ Der, and their curiosity being thoroughly
gratifed they prepared TO return Noun
+ ted on their novel conveyance, they were
proceeding merrily along, when one o
the Young ladies expressed desire 10
+ break Of a piece Of coal as nelnento
I of their visit. The car was stopped, and
and armed with stone, the lady COM
menced tauering al the granit-i' Ike coal.
f While .hus employed, a miner who had
/ been .ationed al The outlet of the nine,
entered hastily, and informed the Scotch
guide that the earth over the passage
way had commenced % crumble-
THIS, o miners, is an almost certain
indication that fall will take piace-lhe
dropping pebbles being bui The lorefun-
ner Of tie crushing rocks and EARTH
ihe car was immediately put in mo5lon,
with the hope thai the exit might be
/ gained before the danger arrived, but
their efforts were IN vain. They had
gone but a few hundred yards when II
rumblng like distant thunder was heard
"a rush OF cold air blew over .hem. and
then all was sill as lhe grave!
+ There could be no doubt as to the
cause of this phenomenon; the NINE had
cayed in Their mule was brought 10
a stand and the Scolchman, accompanied
+ by the miner who had served as The Jehu
OF the party, proceeded onward 10 make
an explanation. In short Time they re-
turned, and reported that the fall OF earth
aud rock was so great that II would take
+ al least three days 10 dig passage way
out, and that there was great danger OF
further falls, the earth being NOW loo5-
ened Here was = predlcament. Bur
led beneath a mountain, beyond any pos
sible help for three days, with 40 water
or food, al lie air 50 close that unac-
customed lungs could hardly breathe it,
the heart might we'll quail at The Coutem-
pation of such condition. But female
heroism rose superior 10 the misfortune,
and the ladies' Of the party '.slood as
those who chatnpioned human fears; =
One Of them declared thal they could
kill the mule and live upon lhat for
three days, or ualil they could be dug
out
After a consultation among the min
ers, the Scotch guide announced thai
there was an air shaft ascending from
the end Of the nine TO the summit Of the
mountain. and that il was barely possible
.ha. this might afford way Of egress.-
The party therefore returned TO the ex
.remity OF the drift, and the miner vino
accompanied them was sent up the shaft
to ascertain If il was open TO the surface.
For nearly two hours the company anx-
iouslv awaited the return Of their mess
engeE At the end of that time he came
bach, with the report that be had reach
ed the surface with great difficulty, and
that the shaft was open, but IN a very
dangerous condition. Time had roued
away the timbers which kept is sides
from falling together, and the stones
hung loose IN many places, ready to fall