The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-10
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nesr strikes enc Of them. he will try 20 &vola -
He Will nr,sYxS,t until ne strikes the end CT tas
hole sna then 50 around il. eut II quick
szaa this is very seldom the ease besiies' 4
Mr. Gardner hs3 20 ieviste he should have pros
pectea and ul&5a sure that be wa rlZns oeio'S
/ ne weat aaesC. IL saou.G. however, lie reoaefA-
| hered TIA. Mr. Gardner colgG not DO WAX
IS Known Ia mining ss tapping the pT@ssHfs
; Tbs means deliberately eating away several
! sets ~ slEahsrs ami Istt n tie weight cone
: down az IL can. and thus relieve The pressure
5 9Toaa osas- tlIaas-s. de- was GA4er priF4-s
property upon which stand e0ssiy residences.
/ The saieksand sae-e = glacial drif', and, na1
! h tapped the press sure, the houses &ooYe Wo1iA
have fallen. mention this = II justice 20 NJ
! Iizriaer 10 show The Itieultles he had 70 Ell
/ Counter. waIcA ordlaar " can oa met Win wei
/ known methods. AID YET, talas, Ne Was N =
taken Tie saou.i nave faced the dictates II
/ tie ra2iz ruUnes coar sSsousiy. used heavier
t>ahe.s.- p'aee3 sAe sets oser sn0 SepE his .acs
/ breast ocaslei. 50 NJ. Thomson Is dong.
We now leave tie shaft and 90 70 the west end
/ CT Depo: stree. We enter into level slope
I tlunGL For the 1rsc 40 feet you see every
tAIns n sooi o-4er. Tls tunle!l2g Is the same
sc - the e4>t end. dicea earring Aooas eisa-
/ teen inches o. water, Is running 10 your FlsA'f
/ aa3 erstas ITSELF iato he bay. An electric
/ motor drives fsa which supplies fresh az
] Fer the next SO feat yen 6uc hard pan. aoso-
/ lG5s.y dry. supporting itself without 8 stick o.
timber. Il is from here OF that you see signs Oh
/ a Aazd battle with tae eieasatS foa are now
/ IN Snotaer glacier drIls he nature o. the
/ ground Is strange. Il Is Jointly casy SOAP
! stone formation As tae water strikes * Il
! NETS into tAicS running mal; the moment -
$ es1ed into tia cart It begins 70 settle and Or
the t.ras IL 5 CARED OUT 10 The bay. when taAss
! about fifteen or twenty minutes. ven nave
/ ditch o. wafer On the top of the cart, ana OFTEN
{ 8 nick - Vszi T-0O The s---.2.
/ oat OF 'ae cart.
/ Another strange feature Is perhaps worth
! l1eatloa.ug-tast the men ara low engaged n
! taxing ous piece OF granite soous two lie.
square ths. th@y encountered in tas middle 81
/ tie tunnel Now. that granite a2s no possible
geological relation VITA the mud or soapstone
] surrounding IL Yet there 3 th= granite CeC-
! taI1.y a. rhis explains ITSELF tae moment yoa
| remember thst y0u are II = g.ae-st Drift An
/ engineer would not be AstOaiSAeG - Iad II
] 1eriag diamond or gold zusg@e IN a gae4e-
/ drift But wlo~yeg knows anything e. ali
! sooas these drifts VIII think twice te.ore he
| condemns e. engineer iOE Zot driving t8nnel
! through thsr1 without mistakes. l have 10
! desire 20 defend NJ. Gardner; on tae contrary,
! tatsad - po-nE out his errors inparsially. but
YOU must remember I1s- '-aIl1sI q. : = ways
! eeSss- &aAn foresight.
New 10 resume or Journey. As ycE advance
/ n this soapstoae you I'M many tsE5crs IN very
| bad condition Tae water is coming down IN
| torrents. Here YOU hnd NJ. Morgan trying 20
regain sae proper halshG OF the tunaeL ABOUT
Eai-Ty .ess hacS the men coEl9 no. hold The roo.
! 4a1 they los. about three inches Of the secula-
| ton height in every &C. Of tiRbszs- Thus We
! dnd them now 10 have SUNK to Eve feet The
necessary height IS sever :set four inches. The
! lies wss-ss some az sle oil nlinsss s. WORK viii
/ explSin-to ges over the bad ground, and then
/ Work backwards from good roof and REGAIN
/ yCur height Mr.. Thomson differs with Mr..
{ tTzrffns- h1- -.1i-e IA N finish
| every inch SIS lie advances I have no opinion
! - o.tsr on tAss point At best. it IS merely
i technical Ths men here WORK II six-hour
/ Salts They have nearly regsineG the neces-
ssry height and Cexs wasA will commence 10
| DIVE sAe8d. OF one thing you srs convinced
| SIS you l1ok about you s1d make various in-
cuIriss, AMI .hat IS. THAI those in elSrgs not
| Understanding The difficulties confronting
them They are st11vIrS economy, but they
are zos 70 b. Enisled By ialse economy, nor are
they aeglecEi1g safety. And. beEond 81, they
are preparing for every emergency
Now. sIlee we have seen and heard sill thers
Is let Us loo& over TIE ground sRd see who =
| rea ~ 70 blame .or the stakes that have bean
| D24A In sl tunnels ike the ore now being
constructed oy TIE city, the lassoary Is ksps up
/ e+o>e 10 t1e miners Inc great advantage camel
by tbs. : th&s - SOON - the a2s0ury Is settled
sd pacKed tlgat v n grave yen t2Ss OF tie
| Strain from yo0r Cmhsrs Il IS well - bear IN
| El2c that al the breaks occUr siter you have
dug the hole. When the groaa4 above you 10
gas 10 settle IL nsrrows iEse.f down 20 Test Of
strength II shs u1aecs ean resist the press 1re
you are safe BGs il tasy cSaGoe saey will yield.
snd n Welding crack the roo:. szd through
these cracks sd erev.ess vsler = sure - Gai
rs way, and The moment the wstsr begins 20
cone the slmbers viii silds. Especially . tAis
true il = clay vein Thus you eaa See thas 81
keeping y01r Masonry ElghG u. yoI eaa svoi i
s. Sitsr-orsSks.
NJ. Williams, the chief engineer o. the tun-
ael- vss We'll aware OF that He intended 20
keep following Up with the masonry. But tie
orscz tbs. were tasn made n seattle were
p0ro2s, and such hrick are useless for sewer
lining, fo- Gasy sbsoro scsd wniea deeom poses
s3e1 s21 tbey cave in I11S ia next be,t
lining had 70 % Looked fcr. Concrete IA nsxs
oest 70 or-ek- bur concrete 1s@1s : longer Gz.s
- settle, s1c Yea es2aos travel over IL until 4.
| 1Ss thoroughly settled 4. ske sane time, -.
men iasi made 6o-irss oi the ground iaa: The
tunnel lad % traverse reported The g-o1n1 70
Dc throughout n good coE1 tten- Tlsy eTe1
though! Us: there wo1.3 % 70 ttuh@eins nee
ssss-y. 20 NJ Williams reiied uooa tseir -
port s1d concluded - 10 a. tbs .iixglng 5rst zEd
sas1 '1e u.aso1 wcrS- Now, Il NJ Williams
wao 5 5 ye-y able eng .ns@-, az1 w5Exsa n t1s
hess instead D; the EzSs - wo0.1 ave &ao~s
t1&E n E1-s AGA region = : u0t uzEarAl ID
expect 20 Jig - $40 .set s1o2t striking sem.
ef these c-azy DRIFTS =. - ina repa-. OF tAe
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/ caAre-. az eve more va sag room Between
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