, 1874-08-24

! cnoI rctraat tttoooHt COW. Wit1ch had sought thj
tho outside world, ~" ''''oiu''oea
rai,le al,o ncm|.orA Of our party thought va von1
MoMnsI1 .sIo e Or th now Bonsaton; yot, wl,on tsy
tho i3rn ,,; clerks bad approached too nea
pntc ar only fow inches distant. II wos wit -
t.g" toU.,Iga ~, ol roller that wo rcraced our sion
; 'o"A3oS 'ao sunlight. Before lowing tho mIne
CLEAN OF LIGHT
naco wbnro ~" I,o Loas aWs;ay which proved to DO
snn snaoneA and, from whore wo stood, We coul
't sna eaa nlne bhy lar above. wbtlo wo wnro ~,
nnsoaded Mn.a IN total dark,less. TLe Lau|.c|ork
~. "v'o asalil roekleas, aud would hnvo ol;lnbot
tho fact that tito Ioose rooks Whs!, n,iul,t H.
@i.il fatal rea,its. '0'
IN tlio north slao gang of men aro Mt work
"n'. Hanhfcda OF thousands OF cubic yarfla o
oarth have boon excayatoI aud tnkon s,I 3nto A.. n
.a'nes. t Cars are loaded ut tho patn OF oxcaya
tloh, ana run Oh treRllng to u tnine-opoui,,u
mnofe tlo loads arc dumped down q Blllto int
Gn1S standing n tho mi,e, an tllou run for
'luafter OF, q ulie to anotllor shuto. iforo carr
On !ower loyel receive tho dirt, aud thoy nrc
RIM, ,''ractly to tho iro, whcro tllp 1nassns of
earth nre Used to construct barricato or ON.
uoa.i... gamksaehe TO stop tle fro in that Ill
rcctloh,-somo 10 or 15 acres being thus
i!'aohod. Tho mon work cl,eerfulty Id tlloao
dnttEorons underground pAsHngcs and 10 rio
caution III used Tint accidents iayoly ocetlr iii
i,, iiaos, saose that have taken placo might l,avo
Of tin Mon. At the cast Of tllo openings thoro
10 ah excavation OF perhaps 2 actos III oxtout,
any from u 10 20 foot tlcop, tho earth from
, wnlch hnb been cartcd to Bsuto, and dumped
tn.o ca'a 1eow, to 20 nsod In constructing tho
Gmoahkmont OH the cast side OF tho Ilro.
Vaaor this excavation the coal In nil
undermined, and tho bhute ia at place where
tslo top covering llas gone down. It was only
ntocerHary to construct railroad from tl,iH osvo
| tHf0J1nIL n I'm ~
porting any quantity Of oarth to the iro. Clam
boring down to siltlto,
We WENT 1sro THE DIN MINE,
!onE ainco abandoned, but now filled with life
| aud activity aGalu. Solno Of tho men were rcat-
| ing aud tak,ng lunch; others managing tic
dumping. or waiting for TIC cara to corne Up to
m no loaded. a n'ier invites It'll to 60 down with
nn,, nm o., aoa,,o Loaded cnri but, o. tho Lrano
is, necessary for tic extra pssuengor to
r!do OIL top, ut tho imminent r.Bk Of a ginasloi
head. OF certain de4t! III caao tito chr iuupp lilo
tsncK OH lts down grade ut q high rato OF speed,
tm nl,a mono Of the visitors receipt the iuvitatio,
Tho cafs run down tho gsndo by ttoir own
weight. mud their spccdia regulated by tho Single
brake. ERRONEOUS quantities of earth iayo begp
run to tho tiro through TIN yarlons openings
aoutto9oa. 9''d, when tue embansnlonsH aro ctli-
Blructod, anu all tllo apploacley to tho ro uro
c'oasd uu, tho steAm to bo furc.,i III frum Che
lnrIo number OF boslerJ In expected to BEceJiiy
extltgu'th tho fire, AZ wa4 lol1e ut kdlcr Sopa,
~ shostlu 10 Observed hore that tto minoH nDv
on iite hayo been alrloat worked out and Tint
the loHa of property is not 10 groat as woulI bo
Lne caao wore tho mines II, nutive operation.
Iho old openings now merely scrvo aa II mouns
q ventilation fof other lnillos connected with
thon mud rs object of intcrcat wl,ere visitors
may nee Gle coleIrated baltimore Velts and tho
Mannor III Which coal waB minol during tho
carly years of tho trade. Tho earth III ycry
traaeherons, and, as the miners 1,ayo hurrovc ci
~ ~ al! directions Leneath onos foot, tho surface
III E0nHtHnE 0f
FALLiSH INTO THE M1SEs |
hoont malt milo from the eccne of the fra |
tiore is section Of country wIIoro the pillars |
naernoath hayo proved too %cai, and in several
placeH portions Of tho tot,-coyorlng huyc fallen.
leaving large holes, down WHICH QUO chi, rcor
into tho abandoned CHAMBERS IA wo rasa
alohg. these holes aoom very nnull, varyinr
from 5o feet IN diameter to feet; BIT {
eaoset inspection Shows TINT thoy resemble an
Inverted f'1nnoi. or como. and tic opening Of
ieet At tho surface inc cases to too feet nj tho
point Who're the Ml1le in rene1lcd, Standing nj
The cdgo, and looking down into tho darnness,
are seen the pillars OF coal, Or in Ao1no caBeB'
which llayo not been OF sufficient stronrth h, +,
aMpport the ton-coycrlng Of 10 feet of soli{ rock
The dwelling -housos Of tho milors arc atandinD
on }.lst s4'sl treacerons foundation which il
hne .1 70 iat' IT. any moment, aud these door-yarda
odEes without thought itou''u Of 'As
reeNlesa |; stop that would liurl tlom from day.
sgne lnto a"rkness out Of which thuy could only
y caren arc fenced around az soon as thov nra
sl'r' to prevent casoless pedestrians from walk-
lug IN.
About half Il mile woss of this poipt. thu Dc,a-
!%afe WI hudson Company are building ono Of
LARGEST AND FINEST bnEAEEna
n the wiley, 1t has not received ita ,nac,,;rcrr
'at everything is to bo 1Yt-clars,-oycu til,
on'saat'ohs Tor tho engines not being Of COM
non rock. but immonao blocks Of marble.
,rr,onght from tho quarrlcs Of Vermont
M lats breaker is designed to prepare tho
~ sl lfoni new SHAFT sunk on tho old Butler
farrtil, f,r, at Eoal Brook. What il now called tic
,nan @ so!n crops out horo at the foot Of the
Ioahef, a'1a slopo IL sunk by following tho
Gu down as IN auglo Of so deg. hut, as the l
'Gr.s proceeded. the worhmen fo,Wl this ton
en- washed away and the coal ending IN sand I
ear or moto s01Sng sg Is aha part Of ths work for
.ontal work, mud tho Company arc se sccrot- /
T. ,eoa1t.ag eom1anetng their explorations, oren !
knoMn ;,,,'i,, .a IS cony,cha,n Shaft, and d
oous DC toar years aso. and has bcou driyou night
hu day alnca that time, the men worklnr ~, n
sn;;-n9nr shifts. Eight steam engines arc now a
orkns tsp 70 eohs,no operations end prepare
n TIE main shaft, ono to hoist from tic "su1np"
chan1ber being prepared 10 rccolyo tho water. tt
no at tho bottom OF tho Shaft to oporate lin a
GHo ono 70 operate tlo fun, anotllor for tic
ter tier passing some small ycins tLe Iiillman
ein villa cut at dopth Of 850 foot c
I'd THY Is tho ono now bpIug ns. nre. i
ns 'rsd .,,d for o wording by, driving oast 10 d
o eee tio dstaope tnops At ,f tue breakor Alter driving
owe farther on and then nnuk SHAFT about IN IL
o., Whole they found the yoin again, aud then III