The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-02-25
From the Iron County eAIo.J Register. +
STARTLING DISCOVERY: to
!. sluinnies in the Heart of Pilot Knob.

Muinmies in the Heart of Pilot Knob. !
The pyramids of Egypt have stood
for forty centuries, the artistic chief of
Oriental wonders Tours have BEEN
made from the foIir quarters of the
earth, and every nationality has sent
delegates to revel in wonder amid the 1
ruins of what has, far back in the ca
reer of man, constituted the, grandest-
achievements of a1f. The Colossus at
Rhodes, conspicuous, among the
world s seven, wonders, still stands in
lonely grandeur. on its, storm worn
pedestal, and, after four thousand
years of the future have, told on the
destiny of our race, these eternal land7I
marks of ages-thc bold language of
the ancients-will stand as naughty
nionarchs DER, the crumbling past
But while these pillars, of antiquity
must ever be objects of wonder and
afford an inexhaustible. magazine for,
scientific, speculation and idle epnjec=
ture, the worlds attention will be
drawn toward the newest and, grand
est-the. polar star of wonders. On
the 8th inst, while ascending the west
ern slope of the mountain, in compa-
ny with a small party of ladies and
gentlemen, our attention was arrested
by the exertions of three stalwart mi
ners in dislodging huge porphyry
boulder which had been nearly entire,
ly undermined by the process, of blow,
ing, blasting, and digging away iron
ore from the mountain side. The
weight of this boulder could hardly
be conjectured, being almost round
and measuring near thirty feet in di-
ameter. The. boulder lay at the top
of the cut, and when dislodged would
plunge an unbroken depth of forty
feet into the bottom, of the cut that
yawned far beneath it. A huge blast
was prepared, and our little party
scarcely breathed while the train was
being fired. The excitement was IN
tense. 1t was grand sight to see this
mammoth. rock rolled by the modern
appliances of man from. its bed where
convulsion had placed it. The train
flashed, tube of pitch black smoke
shot into the air, which widened into
a cloud almost instantly The, noun
tain shook, and, with life-like groan,
the old rock lurched forward and took
the fearful leana We were almost
afraid to watch it strike the bottom of
the cut below. With the sound. of
thunder it strikes-crash !--crash II
and thunder again, and-migdbileId dc
tn! the enormous weight disappeared,
and. a bottolnless. pit was opened
through the mountain below US. We
hurried down to this new revelation
as soon as we recovered from our
great excitement. We found the rock
had crashed through the side of the
mountain and opened to our aston
ished gaze an immense cavern, under
the metallic base of Pilot Knob We
procured lights and were soon eau
tiously advancing into this avenue of
wonders. We had scarcely proceed
ed one hundred yards in this myste7
rious, su6-teard-2eua,oldne hall, when
we came full into a. grand chamber
seemingly studded over with stalagg77
mitic statuary. A few. moments Wv
i'd torch light revealed to us what we
never shall forget: In regular rows
along both sides of this grand eham-
Der, andTon either side of an aisle run.
ming through the centre to the farther
wall, about thirty yards distant, were
upright human forms, in perfect
state of preservation, and in the most
disciplined regularity. The shackles
of incredulity were broken asstnder
and we felt-yes. kneW-that we were
in the midst of an antediluvian con.
gregation The state of our feelings
while thus surrounded in this cham
Der of the dead can neither be imag
ined nor described. We were trans
, ported back to the primeyal ages, ant
stood among the speechless ancient
:, whose abode of gloom and silence
, was we'll calculated to inspire th'
deepest awe. The even and polished
:, walls of this chamber were imagnifis
! Gently and strangely frescoed will
+ the antique forms of every species
, known to animal organization i;TIhl'
f forms, costumes. and general appear
ance of these mummies,. as well as nu
| merous hieroglyphici characters, wer,
-Epurely Egyptian. We have not spac'
{ to comment more atlength upon wha
must prove the centerof new theories
We shall not, perhaps, say any thing
more about this strange and incredu
!, lous discovery, but our columns viii
be open to the comments and report
of scientific men who are at this mo
9 ment amid the ruins.
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We present below table earefull
: compiled by an accomplished statisti
: clan: .Fl3e.i..I g.rH .f}Ieft5sf Il.
;! 10 Loafers make one grog shop.
;, ;, 2' Grog shop makes SO druiikards
: so Drunkards ruin so families. ri
: so Families fiji one poor house an
Jail. .i3 l'9it tn.'i.'i % bs4loH91
! "a Poor house and jail makes {.
= great bill of costs. 'Hoi'ii''T9l 9h
: / Great bill ofcosts make 1 poo
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. / Poor town drains the count
I treasury, feih5digR ad} 10 70 ao5 NJ
0 l Bankrupt treasury is ggfFsf
,e State tax .qL K .isni zig s55 10
O ! Great State tax eHhausfs the NJ
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N. g. 9 Wishes make call. e.,