, 1876-12-01
DOWN IN A COAL-MINE.
A Descent into the Coal-Shaft at
Minonk, III.
The Trip III tho Cagc---A Terres.
trinl Ilnlcs and Its
Demons.
Riding on a Narrow-Gauge Under.
ground Railroad.:-Amateur.
Mining.

M,.nmx. III M. % - r;Ls of Ta',r hour.
ami hoir fra,,, tt,It.n,..tr.at ,,rttna ~, ,,,n
tho traveller to tllc Clty Ut MInonk, In Wooslfosl
County. II comprises ab area of ono p,!c
so,,arc, antl Ia, a,5o1 ]nhahtant,. l,,ke MI mar
!anpoftaat eet'tFcs, IL OWES tnuc!' o. It's prosper
ity 10 railroads, two Of which homer Il with
their Thunder md business, viz: tho Illinois
Central, nnd tic chieago, pektu d Southwest
.'"' =. "s' "'eo.' "ot on'y INDUSTRIOUS a,'u
wealthy n"t RELIGIOUS as we'll Ftoots OF tue
abovc statement: Eight churches. six elevators,
two tscpots, three trslEts,orc., union public
49,. 49,. I'm, 49, 49,. ~
nase p'a"lrg'ta,1' ~" aa's ago. out an m
cchtiiary razca to inc Rroi1iu, and then Ind
Ter was discovered in sra.un to nrcycut n
tra,o,tf,, IN, ,.,r,nho t,,,, .,,.a s.s"~ ,..s
~ H. as, ~ ,;' tha u ss W, Mas y"
oh ,nc ese .; elce''o", .ns eonseichlloas eltness
Ind not tho heart to lnjurc thu il'ccndary, but,
instead, brought tuora! ,suaslon to bear. They
feared lts benign cunsco,eucc. upon tlfr,n.
,a1.ss ,,,,.,,.. e., ,i.,.,,!, ~. ,,.. ~ .'
oe',ss' """s'ei' "'n. "'''"'s sen' n'' out u lne
State, to be mado "good" Ut tic expense Ut
tlier rcIglIb0rs.
One Ut the most interesting features Of Mi-
mink IL
Al, u.,, tns sss,.''.. Ion,N"iSs, 49,,
"lose tal' re'l, h1l9a'l'y eNat Is seen ior mics
beture entering the city. Five years aEo work
in It va. 5, frat started, and thoueh It hns 'n,-
rs ~ Is NOW IN t'c !, hands Of n Chicago nr'n wllo
''asc saeeecaca III P'aelhe " On uasis wnien
will at least pay its expenses It employs about
200 men and bows. 1Ialf Of thnt number arc en-
f,ayct1 IN ,1i,<rin,r c,a, wills ,r1. IN ,,nt. thc
@o,, ,ra m, .,t., o,, .,,a s,aro T., ana,.Ins Wv
RS. aFe e'aplose'' n"ou. lhe stosc III eonace1'o"
with the mlnc IN attending to tile cage or elc-
vator, as mnlc-lr'ycss, aaA rs nigllt-hnnds 10
ser lint no nort Of Tie rDof fa])s #, or si1rs
wv, ,~,, ami t.,,, noo,, H. o,,s, l., ,'pdn,i, top
t The aiy 1 work. Twelve M mules @ are re- kent ken. tlowu
there Elk days ont of scyen, whose suggestive
hind legs arc constantly plyjug tic mfr in self
t1rfcnsc eDainst Tho nr,ior" ,rnocs u,u, v,c,n,,s
frouL lrcs vf thcir ,,,nlrrrifl ,rjycrs'
hc to tak wv v1m ',,r XIX tat III Il ' ' u fr.y fy
thr tntt<i Of tfat . narrn,y o,1sr Il wc INK
fntn TN: toScls ~ tn" rar,l, h. in,n,,.,~t IN hr.
for. ,yt nrr trivon nvrr mi, ~: hn,fs ~ ~,
frirnis for ta,r lns. ri,lr. Dur nnrtr r,,m1~ra
forrtw,, ,-cnticmcn nu,i tvo la,{;s ri,. H.
tpr nrc nrnylrl witli water .nroof. wh,rl to,,,,,
the ground; tIcir hats ass laid as!Ic for JIG
! re,rGno Tin stor. fhc rrnt1rnnn iaisn ircssr,t
for Tic s,synsionl are eaci, snnlicd with n jit,,n
tin hmm, hohlins perhaus aii ounce OF sps,,.,.
or tho ea@a to nrcare m M e' 1"r IT, ,,,,sna sc fr
trs tn e0 - p'~r'' "' ''' "'$''"' A'~'S"''
MAKE OURSELVES COMFORTABLE
In thus t,,Ir Yiyntn trst ,tnnn itrnvt1nrcn
Who' ~ so1ua umaceonnnhe 1ne.i,a1' H. was , IT,
trin ns ,"%,, tis marruy, h1ncl h,,'r md IL hail;
neaf,,a to r,s,',c jifc ,,tu,n trrrn1 1tisna mi
mns,,n,,, MN w. hrcnthr |'ng. thrn s,,nrt wc
mi. nIsht, nt rnrl, ,,tl,"r mi ,,,,<r,n trn,,
shr.r ,,nryG,'an.ss' "" try ~" to taiis n rnri,
nth.r In ori"r ~ wh,tc awc$ 4tmc' mn, tn hrint.
im" thc ",,raTc thnt h"s ,rnnrtrf. ~ i,t a,tr
yoicrs IRE cracked aud our tongues tied. Tho
rc,,,ie'Mnn ,.,"1c"vnr tu Nv" ,cbt th.'r Iorns.
ut thv VILE ar, ,rat or, "Im NJ ,,nt.l,
,ri;i ,,rn s,,,il,1cniiv ,"r tn th,u ,v,,d oni
slret To- coax tlic,1 into tln,ne. F"r nv.
| a"tt ,nn,nnr, ,,ovcr ,",, sn tc", mnr iHr1o,.s1
~ si, ,"},,,. f,,ts. fn H., ,va ~" s,,, NJ
IL IT, acrtninclr fron, nv hirt snreoIs ssc1f II
'5 :f,r" ,. ;n,.: XIX Girnss ,i,st ho tI,'risn
ns ;,,,r .J t s,. .nut t,i,,. % . LAY
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m"ssa"ea s",,tI IN uisc,,t .'mrs. o,,;s,tv sHSK"
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aa y, ~, ~, "a ar", + 9 u.'s
adv w, faro i, r,cht mn ,,aritn
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