Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-08-24
UNDERGROUND.

| Church, the suave shift boss. Van, til
receiving and forwarding agent, ba,
loaned rs rig with minute cautions a
to care, and at the words " all set, b
gave chirrup and pantomimi
wave of the hand. which we suppos
meant turn her loose for the tenth sta
ton, " for with swift gliding rush W
dropped to the 10OO-foot level. and
lighting a candle, started on our under
ground trip. T. ]. led the way an
Church brought up the rear to guar
against accidents. Everywhere wer
busy groups of men shoyeling
picking, drilling and running cars. W
never saw so many busy masters o
transportation before, each one seemed
to have full charge of his train, which
usually consisted Of single car, but a.
it was all through freight, and no bacl
charges, it went right through without
detention. Twas said of General Israe
Putnam, that Putnam dared TO LEAD
where any dared to follow" so on this
principle, when We saw Tom Andrews
going into all sorts of impossible places
and Church preparing to follow suit, we
thought that il they could stand it we
could, and accordingly poked along up
ladders and through shutes, and down
slopes, and crossed our tracks so many
times that at last We had to call on our
companions for pocket-compass, a drink
OF water and rest. In the west drift
l,3OO feet from the main shaft, a wiuze
Is being sunk; the vein is here five feet
wide and has held this width for sixty.five
feet already down We don't Law claim
to any, degree Of experiences as far as sill
yer mining goes, but would like to have
just one foot in thickness of the three
hundred and twenty-five square feet of
ore we saw in that winZe last Sunday.
The men at the bottom said it WAS
getting richer and wider, where it dipped
to the south and west. We remembered
crawling in the wake of Captain Tom
Levlns many hundred feet on a bright
Sunday morning, years and years ago.
to see the ''show" he had struck in the
Iowa lead mines, and thought how the
Old captains eyes would gisten if we
had him down there and looking at the
soilf wall OF silver ore sixty.five feet
high and five feet across. But there yas
no time for rejecting on the past. for
Andrews and Church were already up.
and wanted to know il we "wanted n
lunch down there" So we were hoisted
out ana then commenced another hide
and-go- seek; mp ladders, down stopes.
across drifts now dark as Erebus, and
now ut up with strange yellow refec.
tlon, an occasional trip and. scratch, a
sad rent in Vans "wampus, and after
and scrambling over what
seemed to us about five miles of rouob
road, Tom Andrews turned and informed
US we We're in the ninth level and would
go up. We dropped Church somewhere
IN the subterranean passages, and never
missed him until We reached the station.
however. we supposed he was cheering
the boys somewhere with words of sym.
pathy and tones of encouragement, and
didn t go back to look for him. T. j.
off somewhere to give directions
rs to stopipg, ETC., and we went on a lit.
tie solitary tour of inspection on our own
Timbers, caps, sills and side-posts
were looked at, and many old familiar
forms OF underground timbering recog-
nized. Everything looked orkmanlil;e.
All the timbers we're we'll fitted and mt
N to stay. The slouchiness sometimes
betrayed in this branch of underground
Work was entirely wanting here: the
men that done that timbering under
stood their business, and as we think we
know little about that work this ia no
random assertion. The tmberinp
racks, and everything else connected
win the drifts are in first class shape
md look we'll. 1t was an unusual feel.
ng to think that overhead the bright
Jun was shining, the cool mountain
'reezes sighing through the cedars and
vi nature glowing with light and heat
md lie, and there we were a thousand
eet below the surface trudgiug along
trough dark passages and gloomy open,
nRs by busy gnomes and hear the click
lick of the workmen. Occasionally a
oar and rattle and some conductor of
1ast freight train rushes by on time
md bound for the station where he
Hoped to connect for the through ex-
'ress. But all things come to an end
ma so did our spbterranean wanderinps.
We heard our name re-echoed thronob
he gloomy cavern, and turning corner
anne on Tom Andrews, who sighed n
igh OF relief and said time was M and
ne critical railway all ready to 90 nm
|, hurried visit to the pump and a glance
It the stream OF water rushing into the
,ug9 tank, and we stepped on board and
lnder the conductorship of j. L. Lucas
we're whirled up to the surface. Even
were we disposed to find fault, there is
not the shadow of reason for criticism.
uniform regularity and
safety seem to be the rule throughout.
md from the captain to the cook every
'ne seems to understand his business,
,o' IKE Smeke, he goes and does it,"
N conclusion we desire to return thanks
% all the employees for their kindness
md hope their shadows will never grow
ess.
FROM Billy the Stage Boy, who has
ust returned from Pahranagat Valley,
We learn that he met last Thursday
morning James Cunningham and an
'ther individual in close pursuit OF Billy
AillinRby, who is charged with stealing a
lot OF horses at or near Cherry Creek.
They were within ten hours rid Of MIN
and found he had traded off one horse
Tor shot gun. and they found two OF
he horses on the road that had given
tut. The ranchers along the road were
supplying the pursuers with fresh
,orses. so that there is hardly doubt
,ut what they will catch up to him; if
hey do We will not hear any more NJ
AlllinRby, except probably his funeral
,ration.
JUSTICES CoURT.--The attachment
nit OF Chas. Stein against Donahue 4
1organ, and Miles CULLEN against Don.
hue & Horgan, comes off before Justice
Allen to-day at 3 o'clock p. M. The nj.
achment suit Of VIM. Dunstau against
ne HUM 81 Hunt for $1l8. is set for 10.
lay at IL O'Clock. The attachmant -.