The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1882-04-08
UNDERGROUND.
Why Miners are superstitious-Un-
sought Graves tnnt Find the Search
ers for Wealth.

! giant IN nerve power, and his ad
ventures, when told, are tales OF fiG-
ton to he inexperienced. The Ruby
Hill News publishes the following
artie lie Illustrative OF some Of the leel
! ms ana tho 'gnts OF those who pass
"A large lor,lOn of ,beir lives under
ground:
TO those who are not accu .tomed
to the ''dreaLy depths OF the dark
some mine there l. something wierd,
something fascina ing about tue deep
solemn hn,h. the death.l ko Stiffness
and the grim. tomb ke quiet OF The
long. loneSatnc DIR fts an gail'ri 5,
and the deep, no low, rsyerDerat ng
chambers far beneath lie grouni.
\ tramp along their dark ways Is I ii
OF stran - Interest to tie novice, and
i not Without its fas inatlon Ia the
steady deliver, who-e daily toll makes
him a moi unwilling pri .oner III the c
caves OF stYgian darhness. once shot
beneath tie surface on tie fast de-
seending cage, one loses Interest III
the bu Y world above, and immer>es
himself in wonder fthe world below.
Traycr,ing the loag, totsous drifts.
or scaling or descending the steep,
uncertain ladders, aside from an eycr
present feeling oil insecurity, there II
much ro IN for tie play OF Niyii
Imagination, ani ones fancy can cas-
ily create a ierd picture. The mind
re, erts 10 those mysler ons ta.es II
tae arabian Nights" anl one fell
himself fairly imprisoned witan the
fabled rave OF Allldin. The dull,
dead thu1 and reInbla of di tan,
blast rs Il reyerberatc- along the ST
len halls AID chamber hei-hien the
pielurc, and The timld explorer
GNVoLUNrARILY suuDDERs
And draws ba.k from the expeete
approa.h of some awful Eenis. y
litckering candle in the distance,
mere " Il - the wisp llitting abont
hsre and there, gives ample fouhda-
ton for the creation of living spec
re. aud thousand aud ane ~ ste
rions sights AMI 5 ,nnds serve 10 mNS-
lily AMI entrance the stranger uGd, T.
ground. To the hardy miner, long
associated oi Ia the dangers Of the
tfE - NN t'atf itAAti - Ati' iftAAiFtttit VI
much OF lie WI mess thal attaches to
II, occupation; and yet, th"te are
in = when he, too, cannot tail 10 be
impressed Alone ia some unfre-
cue ted port on Of the u inc with n
lilekerinz candle a. his only cheerful
eoapan on; thousands 4 feet below
The brigh5 surface, surrounle lei on
very ~ q by dark, nHreN, ponder
on> walls. hose fry hoes ar hOi-
toA and dismal. 10 Won Ter that &c
-houli n time, be given 20 braadinl
over s,ranse thinss, ana that Il .tinse
of IA er-,ition Saouli ere = into Ills
thoughts. Thoughts OF lire, the lrob
abilities of "A hoo OF water from some
subterranean lake, the foul air. saKin
ground and the huudred o her ca
lamilies that are at all lines iutninent,
cannot help bu work upon the mind
while, perhaps, a number OF popular
superstltions hat unNIliinely are ac-
eeptej, find place naturally among
Sueh surroundings. Say what they
vii. or think what they will on the
-uriare, there are few nninars who Will
deaV an involuntary leaning toWar
the -uperstilious an myster Gus whrn
e,ught alono in -omo dismal portion
OF the mime. A ease in point is hat
of miner working IN the Eureka
Col. who rell,ed lit of experience
To our reporter the o her day: IL dad
not think thai ! had the hast linge OF
supersti ION in my make up until The
her night. We were eating our
luncheon just after m dnigbt, AMI The
bows fell To relating the eircuins stanccs
connected with the various fatal acci-
dents that have oecui red in the mine.
One of the oil timers. Who ha /
worked in the Con. since ~, took
particular delight in rahing up all
the
HORRIBLE "REMINISCENCES
And dwelling upon the several horri-
| fling dc ails with p cul ar emphasis.
lie ran through the story from the
time BLACK Jack wa. killed in the
! WindSail to the sad death Of Jimmy
! O'kepfe. including the history 1f no
less than fifteen fatal accidents, and
! did not once fail of EN- helishing
them with all the dreadful partlcu-
lars. | confess that the recital had Il
! peculiar effect upon me. Ia 1879 five
men were Killed in the seventh ehain-
Der bv "A cave. Tne l'ody OF one WAS