The Placer herald., 1869-10-02

and il was not until twenty days after the
accident that Mr.. Brown succeeded in reach.
iuc The bottom. There be found the bodies,
bot 10 such \ state tha, no words can des-
ctibe them nor no relative could recopnizs
them. Collins had already been prepnr ed
for them. md iuto these they were buried
Each Of the miners" writes MIR. Simonin.
'wns found lying on p'aok. They were
stripped OF their clothing. Which they hsd
rolled up under their heads in the io,m Of a
pillow, aud then Ia len into ,h,s last sleep
Two ~er- found 10 the gallery ths third had
left his place sad VAS di.ccvpred near the
shaft, sod he IL doubtless MAS Who had been
h-a,l Ia give signs II lfs on the seventh
dry. The poor fellows must have persisted
With hunger, ior they only took oos loaf Of
bread with them into the mine. Shat np IN
The confined space. deprived OF Iesprs.ls mir.
p'e.s rsa'ion With b. " resigns'ion; then
aware that tho ligh: Of day would never
shine upon them more, they hsd the,n.-l.es
arranged their own funeral, AMI 10 their
lingering agony had, io soma messure, .,nd.
led to d'. d-cruIly. Their lamps were found
still fol- Of oil, hooked on to wagon.
More thsn once the maer's lamp, which in
soms localities reminds oas Of tho sspul lcheal
'smp Of the sncients, has in this way dops
justice to its form,
TIE SHAFT AT MARBLES.
At Marle,, 10 the Pao do Calais, tb.rs
was a similar accident" which WAS not IA
taIty owing to what will seem, to those ac.
qnainled with mines and miners, miracu-
lous provision on tho part of tho engineer.
he had observed the dangers arising from
the weakness Of ihe wood work Of the sh.ft,
and had Withdrawn all the workers, nu,nber
ing some 800 Tho horses empIo, I'd were
eft behind. After vain attempts TO prevent
the calss,opfs hy repairing the weak walls
it finally occurred. NJ. GIepin, the construct.
ing engineer, who attempted ,o. ward of tie
destruction Of tbs shaft, describes his feel
:ngs while suspended in It for the purposs of
making an examination. - have lived ten
yeals IN quarter Of An hour; my bsr turn-
ed white io his petilous descent, which
-hSli never forget'as Iong as live" None
were lost there, but what would have bee1
tue result, # an inspiration, as it would
seem, had not directed the enginesr's a,ten-
1KIUAPn OF SCIENCE.
Somewhat analogous to these narrowing
Disasters was aGotber which threatened to
be fatal, bat which, owing to the .n.rgy
and scientific skill Of those out Of the min.
s"s fortunately, nothing more than severe
lesson I" those who were temporarily caught
ty their own criminal car-I-ssue.s 1t may
bu lesson TO others. 5 me thirty years
ago, in the colhsri-s Of the l. ire. a party OF
miners were driving 10 the direction Of the
old workings. The levels we're driven care
les'iy, aud without any precautions TO Sc
cure them. lha result was that the water
t'om the old workings rushed in upon them.
They ian np sn inclined gallery. aud were
thu, saved from dro~ning, but there aoas no
crit 10 the cutlery, and tLe waller was rising
to ~h.r. they ~e,e. Although it vas doub,,
fu to those above whether Ibelr compsnous
"eie d,sd-sutlocate or drowned-or. hap
ply, alive, eiforis we're immediately made to
rescue them. Here it WAS the scientific
king Of the ,Diue proved of such mighty
advantage Tbs surveys of the mine bad
been we'll executed, and furnished ground
plan and vertical section OF the workings.
| he p'.n gave tue precise position OF tue
stall IN which the miners wers orkinp. and
Of the shelter which they might
have sought. The section, on the other
hand, made known the vertical depth Of this
point from The SURFACE, and Therefore the de,
gree of Inclination between given spot
aud pIac- OF refuge. The remedy, therefore,
WAS to drive gallery IN the dlr.vtion OF the
point. Blows we're struck upon
the rock As signal 10 those within. No
answer WAS Al first beard, but after some
time fAint kuocklng came In reply. At
last even 'oic.s were heard in the distance
The bor,r was then brougbl into use. 1t
soon snsbled those outslds TO ascertain that
those within were ali alive, and that they
wanted AR aud light. BY means Of the boz.
er they got both, and after while even \
tn tube Was passed down, through which a
bountiiui supply OF broth was poured into
Ihe mouths OF the fsInlshed miners. AT
last they were r.le sed. They had eaten
heir candies and leather straps, yet thsir
irst prayer WAS Tor hight, and not tor food.
NJ. Slmonlns own teacher, NJ. Dunaut, had
assisted at this rescue. Nj. Smouin tells OF
he rsscuers woi kvd 50 earnestly that in
hfes days they removed as much rock as
would have taken months labor under or
lnary circumstances. la this instance
here were three bottled up" 10 the mus.
Ot these, two were Rescued.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
These men gave the most exact details of
heir terrible experience. They were at
work in heading when the water was
heard coming in upon them. They then
AN to the upper end of the gallery,
which was narrow, slippery place, being
much inclined. With their hands and the
looks Of their lamps they dug a place in
he shals to sit down in. The water reach
sd to their feet and they were ip sort Of
'ell In which she atmosphere was compress
I'd four times more than the external air.
The usual sensations IN such circumstances
we're felt. AT last their lamps went ont
and they were in darkness. They signsIled
n the side of the gallarv with THAR hoOis