The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-10-14

lis Of thetIn ufiners OF Cornwall, a.
they pursue their avocations far out
under the sea, as one celebrated
mine is, especially during the su.
blime terrors Of storm raging over
their heads, bat have never met
more perfect OF vivid piece Of wsrd
painting than the following from al
English paper, describing the situa-
ton of a copper Mis-, also srtending
under the sea. We have been in-
formed that the laborcrs IN the
Cornish tin mines, near the Lands
end, ere IL crimtnnl conyicts; but
from the act Of these copper miners
leaving their work during the rag
ing Of a storm, We presume that
they are voluntary lsboFers. The
realization o. Vulcan and his work.
men would not seem more thorough
II removed TO another world, or
from the light Of day.
ave are now four hundred yards
out vndcr the bottom Of the sea and
ono handred and twenty-four feet
below the sea level. Coast trade
vessels are sailing over our heads.
Two hundred and forty feet below
us men are at work, and there are
galleries deeper yet below that.
The extraordinary position down
the face of the elf, Of the engines
and other works on the surface, at
Botaliie, 10 now explained. The
mine is not excavated like other
mines, under ~. earth, bot under
the sea. Having communicated
these particulars, the miner next
tells .us, TO keep strict silence and
listen. We obey him, sitting still.
If the reader could only have be-
held us now, dresscd in our copper
colored garments, huddied close
toeetbsf. ii 4 mere cleft OF subter.
raneafI rock, with fame burning
Oh our heads and darkness envelop.
ing our limbs, be must certainly
have imagined, without any violent
stretch u fancy. that he was look
Ing upon 3 cosclave or gnomss.
Z "After listening . few nornentsa
distant and unearthiy noise becomes
family audible--a long, low, mys-
terious moaning, that never changes,
that il tsit On the ear as vsil as
heard b. il. 4 sound that night
proceed from some. incalculable dis
tance---a sound unlike anything
that isheasd on she upper ground-
q sound 90 sublimcly mournful and
still, so ghostly and impressive
when Listened TO in the recesses Of
the earth, that we continue to hold
still, 20 enchanted are We by it, and
think not Of communicating with
each other the strange awe and
astonishment which il inspired in
usnfrom tho very frst. rgfx
AT last the miner speaks again
and tells Us that the sound We hear
IL the sarf flashing the rocks overs
hundred and twenty feet shove US,
or the waves breaking on the beach
beyond.
1.-THE tide 10 now ct the Aow, and
thSsea IL in no extraordinary state
OF agitation, 90 the sound 10 low
and distant Just ct this period,
But when storms nc At tkeir
height vk&n - oceGn haI1s noun
.tai& ar H0untain Of water on
The lin, then tho noise 10 terrific;
,ths roaring heard down here in the
mine 10 20 inexpressibly fierce and
awful thAttAe boldest men at work
are afraid 10 continue their labor
all ascend 70 the surface and stand
on frm earth, dreadsug-th though
ScAs'sFypei has ev0s. happened
Hearing this, We got up 10 look
at the rock above We are able. TO
stand upright Id The positioh We
now occupy; and 'fiaring our can
,dlss. bithsr Apd thithar in The dark,
ness, can SEQ the bright pure cop.
psz etesemipg tArea9h the gallery
In eyery direction. Jumps Of oos,
Of the most lustrous green color,
eaYsresed By Anatural net work
- 0io n foics Of lfon. erp@sr
here and there In large patShss,
over which weller. = drippiug slov.
~ and incessantly u certsin 9lSess
This 10 the salt water percolatina
through invisible crannies in the
Ron AOa Aeosnp xlAy& = splirts
out fGriously In thin continuous
streams. Just over our heads wa
observe . Ne6don plug. Of the slse
Of = mans leg !; thsrc Isl hole there
aud that plug q ell We have % keep
out tho ses. so s =
aInmense wealth Of metal soon.
tanned in the roofs Of this gallery
shat will Always rouIain untoucheii,
the miners dare not take Il; for Il
10 part Of the rock which 10 theiI
only protection sgnisst ths sea, ans
which has becn 30 Car, worked her,
that its thicknsss b limited to az
average Of three Feet only bssweer
thewAtss aud the gallery inwhicl
NY ooV staAA \ Mere mo vi
what might b thc codsequshce Of
another days labor with the pick.
axe on any part ofit.'
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sir ron arc q Quiet. honest citi.