The Russellville Democrat., 1888-07-26
STREAMS OF mERcUaY.
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 B the advice Of tho gatessep>r we Erst went upoa the "Ha- They told zs thsi by the foqs trail it was buf a sso~t distanee. while by ahe wagOn traI it vas about three niies Alter thirty minutes 'aE,-hill work Ee rsaehea rhas is called English Camp. This is B village of Cornish miners, aud is a colony as distine1 and ssp&rste from fts surrgc-dtzg s1rh5,5rs ss # it Eere planted oa an island in mi5-ooazu. They have their church. school aud public hall
 From here we kept onwar1 ard uT,- ward 70 spanish camp, which. as its name indicates, is 2 similar camp @ English camp. except that its ropala~ Hg1 ls comPgss5 0f Srganiar6s- We did ag. lz-rg here long enough 90 make u1ch scglsiats1es wiEh tais viGaze. bus based on oy rae old deserte5 5 ashi1gson shaft 70 the American saafE. where ve cauped- The officer ia charge 0f ths American shaft took charge Cf -s and sLoEe5 1zs through his department I1 t1is shaft t1e water is four hundred feet deep- aud they dsep a pump running day and night 70 keep t to 5hs9 lsvsl Ey the kindness oI one of he eDploye-s those Of The party that were not too timid 0f being under ground and wadine in 6 little mud were favored ulth O trip ot i've hundred feet thro1gh an old deserted tunnel II was il ttis disua. place that our guide told u= sa old legend Of tbs early mining days
 A= The story runs, 8 youthful native became e-zUOrsd of duss-y maiden. 61t the cr1ei parent. saw fl 70 frsEn aFsol his suit. and the dutifBl da1gnter zsoc1iszscsd ia their decision and would hare TO more of hin Ouf of rsvenge for his sighted love be murdered the parsHts and ssole away the Elai6e.8, and carried her to this deserted shaft. where he had previously prepared a strong room and plenty of provisions Tor a ioug siege The friends o. the kidRaPed Eiri s.ssght her far and wide. bat found no trace of her. He kept her here for several weeks, until his ae1d- ish hezrt had tired Of its reyenge. when he He9 ts Uskuown parts and hss never been heard from since Before lesv- ing he hung an old skirt at the mouth of the shafs Eith s nets telling the friends Of The girl her place Of con- cesIuent, from which she was rescued more dead than alive.
 The entire mountain is honeyconbed with miles and miles Of tznDsls, cuts and eross-ogts. there being npxard Of tairty miles Of underground work
 There are the Washington. Amer iean- Baeaa Vista. St. Isabel and Ran dol shafts, all excepting the first being connected hy tunnels and underground ways Some Of these shafts are oTer 2.o00 feet deep. and one of them is Jo0 feet below the sea leveL h this the temperature is very high the miners being competed to work in almost 8 nude condition. and b change shifts very often. Of late some of the sbafts hare been bothered with an accunnula- sion ot gases that are rery unwhole- some te the laborer, and il is feared that t Wii seriously impede the work 5ngs of the mines.
 The mining Of quicksilver is far from being as profitable ss sn gears past, and it is only by the application of the most improved masshods that ii is made to pay ai present prices The redue- tion works are situated al the base oi the hill and cover an immense area, and there is enough here to consume sn entire day in sightseeing All the ore from the various shafts is wagon cd to the brow of the hill, and then let down to the works. by means Of sn in- ciined cable railway. right into tse upper story of the building thereby saving the hauling of il 8 long distance. and also the eleva1ing of t te the top of the works, where il begins it's journey in the reduction process. The furnaces are run day and night. Sunday or Monday. Every hour they dump in carload Of ore st the top, and take load of rock from the bottom 4 small stream Of pure quicksilver is constantly running into hA AANaA JcArAAtf AE0A4 N a44AA 4E Ac A1<tAt- out into & scoop balanced for ninety pounds. from which il Is funBeled into an iron flask and tightly sealed.
 The novice l. very much surprised after viewing the white heat of the furnace and seeing the solid ore thrown in, to go to the base of the furnace and see the melted silver stream running out, to ind that he can hold his hand in the liquid without being burned. Again he is surprised to see his guide drop a heay iron bolt into the liquid and find that the solid iron floats like cork. The most surprising thing to the stranger is to view all those shafts pumping hOisting-works, hun dreds of men employed in mining teams and cars used in mining and transporting ore from the mines to the furnaces. acres of furnaces and miles Of piping. and nothing to show for this great outlay of labor and capital but a tiny stream of bright silver that you would guess you could carry away in a bucket at night--SaH Jose (Cai.) Herald