The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-04
QUEER THINGS IN ON MINES.
Albiro f1ies and Mathematics and . 0unrt
ofvery Good whiskey.
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a. BANGOR: CAL. March 22:-In connection with
nous, Blue lead In this section m most
peculiar discovery was made. Among the
os d'a Ben n ss od and p0s.
christened the Bishop mine. When the Bishop
entered dry slope ieadins 70 Second s 9Hys
whose existence was unknown. owing to q
thiSsk growth Of 4, brush and trees about It and
very troublesome msnner He made u several or i
M sa 81 Ss astsrn ons
was nearly startled into letting it go BY the
soatey WS 81. the .ssensn s
| which. having tho usual red color. seemed un-
%ds LARGE and EsiGmnemt The
deer coal mines Of tho East nut this is the
been any caopna mine t Where nave ave-
obt tnIni fer fiies to remain below long
.G ;saSeeiy. s S NJ; VIII recovered from hi,
areS sound he sRe eyes of the Tep
.ss% 81 w ss s sStas
Ing convolutio1s wrlthed into view from be-
r noa he snsare vS
rocks thrown had Knocked Oh good part Of
fellow: ne color q the snak was pure white:
fully Satisfied tnas he was in ITS ordna Mas c ono.
diton OF sanity until he had dragged his prizes
haes to the nswly opened sha and listened to
Baa tnS t ei BSsPtHses who
mems secured The snake s and severai s spec
me J Of tho white fiies WHICH no has preserved
tS sRpsa FL he es ar ss is Of
T ss Cd p the Tasr II tie Lover
stree. stream flowing into the slope may have pro-
The snake. he thinks. may have been carried
down sao 6y the water while very young: as It is
wsSS H" il hh sa Saa
there ever since the mine was flooded. What
the reGti!e ate during it, long captivity is
the Bishop mine the white flies have entirely
aspp pnd few which Prot Balard
OF "rdrary S"ase fiies Within Week after ep ex
Al the Catskiii nine. another OF those newly
osna e in the Ws 0a wth
stone; Looking In he saw a faint glitter. and
s With aaoa x6 Fl
turned out to be whiskey ,,...
ass ss fs
for the. excellence of liquor which was quite
evidently thirty years old. the experts re-
served half the contents OF the bottle tabout
pint for u future seance.
In the mean time Nat Carter. an Eastern
man. who was stopping at the Globe. heard OF
the find. and. after much persuasion. induced
the finder to part with the pint OF aged fire.
water for SO. Carter departed on the after
noon stage for Marysville. and that evening
one Of the night men at the Catskill made a
great row because some one had stolen his
bottle Of whiskey.
A quiet investigation ELECTED the fact that
the man had discovered the cavity and bottle.
drank the thirty year:old whiskey 1t con-
tanned. had the bottle filled with an extremely
modern article from Oroville. and thinking the
hiding place secure one. had put the bottle
back for future reference.
The experts divided the money received
from Carter with the aggrieved workman, and
further bribed him to silence with the promise
Of another full bottle. but he. not wishing, to
to secure it by immediate CONSUMPTION. and In
a 1T OF communi cativeness told the facts.
Il is quite likely that the success OF the
working at Bangor will result in the reopen
ing Of all the mines along the Blue lead. for
ms mr. n nd nj