Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-17
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Going down INTO 4 salt mine ID taking
A glimpse at wonderful thlugsg sscord'
ine 10 4 correspondent who rwritesi'
ifight d few candies" vas tho order
vasssd a. No were leaving Winsfordi
Ana I am under the impression that tho
hole down below 10 Ike any other hole,
md that the "few candles" will just
give ~ light enough for the space q
some three or four yards. But wo shall
500. We step into our Iron bucket
The door thereof Is closed upon Us, The
steel ropos are ma,lc fast. The signal Is
riysn. There n aiicsltatiug. trembling
motion, and wo dive swiftly Into pluto
'nian night straight, sheer through 2
tunnel three hundred and thirty rec,
deep, and three feet siS inches aoross.
the rim Of our bucket now and again
grinding, scraping. humping. scrqcch'
Ing against the narrow walls. Aftef
the first few seconds have passed, one
cannot tell, nom ones sensations mere
In, whether onsis going up or down. OF
e suspended ut rest. There is only The
trembling OF tho Invisible steel ropes
and tho scraplng sound on the walls.
In minute more we touch tho foof
on the under world withiJo the
lightness OF q feather.l In the name o.
al the fairies and COLLINS. and gnomc,
and spirits Of tho earth, what have We
theref OIL Master Robert, "a few cans
dles." Tho City Of Dis illuminated.
this Is what meets my astonlshed gaze;
Open spaces, endless streets, turning and
winding OF In all directions, and out
lined In spots Of light, and In the farth.
est distance an ornamental group Of
lights, rs II on wall or on some vast
supporting pillar. II is rs II ono looks
rom s0ni6 point OF vhntage upon Che
the llghts'of . town In n dark night,
without moon or stars, not n town with
empty space over II, but town under
horizontal ceiling thirty.thrce feet abov,
tho pavement On this Lowell pavement
the inasscd bands OF tho British army
NAV play Strauss music, and the whole
OF the London West End spin round or
the eight fantastic toe" Tho first feeling
OF surprise ovgr, II examine my sur
roundjnlrs In leisurely detail. At som,
distance In front Of US looms a darl
mass with horizontal limo OF light
half way up II. The three Of us-hfr
yerdin. the guide and mysen-approacl
4, each carrying lighted candle across
tho floor, which appears TO W rs level ~
the floor OF n drawing room, and Which
Is covered With thin edrjct'of salt fnc n
powder snd1dry rs .tinaerGr Wliereyel
the light falls upon u, The dark obiecl
Filters as lit were .incrusted with
'fubies and diamonds, it turned out te
DO b huge square pillar. extending from
floor to ceilinGr Each Of ITS four side
measures twelve yards; is tlilrty.thrc'
,iest high ahditlls nothing but . mas
" crystals. AT every twenty-five yards
north, south, east, west, stands one o
these, gigantic columns-all OF them
like this one. masses Of inany.tintcd sail
crystals, and with the diamond flash
darting over their sides. The plan o.
this wonderful colonnade Is now obyi
Gus. Tho miners haye been. cutting
their way. all these many generations
through the solid rock salt, HORIZONTALLY
clearing . smooth floor below heil
feet, leaving n smooth ceiling over thcll
heads, and, at the already named dis
lance, those enormous pilasters, whose
function Ia to prevent the roof-that Is,
the three hundred and thirty feet Of the
earth's crust-from falling In. The
ceiling Is too high to respond very libcr'
ally to the'flck6r Of OUR candle lights
but In hundred spots 1t wrinkles like
stars peering through tho clouds Of night