The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-28
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hapa, twenty or thirty feet Wi1e and
from seven 70 eight fset IL height a
section Of salt sor1c dirty feet IN
thickness Is lekl bctwcrn each
room as 4 support 70 tsse solid maas
above y thickness ~ lSe o. SIX feet
is left ADORE Is 4 rsiaf. ard i snbatan-
fiai roof Il snakes. Is TIE salf - lis nat
urai state Is almost - hard As rock
There are no other supports than tie
columns 81 sail that are Ieft
.')f these rooms Elentionei there nre
fifty o. sixty I'll tie present time. ard
the ssoFknea are distributed about,
work ~ IL sereral rooms IA time.
There y ~ necc IT. N ) foreman IN
each raonl Is the number ~ carloads
~ sat sielssereI x tle shaft tells he
sasss n e = 1slttl.sS -,-p are shirk-
E& Iisway runs
(ss4<SSSS1k>-s.o> .4Gaea sri hT1netses
exte5 Ill d sss4,..lset as Ise eaFs aTe
haalsd freTa shE FpfF y sFSse.
perverted w 1fs.s tssese sFei sotne
thfrtT 1t tsiess ~ tise rsste
Tiers IS tl4e iEf sh0p ID the
saine = kere the tools arc IMPAIRED and
N33N - 49, 80 SAgy7As nttA tssssN - t-sAFN =
iaFse Stalls u here slse malss are shel-
tsrea darsa,1 Ia Nj C,s eoprse they
ss11ad ~ egi ~ seye III ire mine.
assy tsaT. bns e y aMe3 Ia roam abous
sf e 60 10 sng - eat but salt
as. sse al ROOD lEzs aad the average
fatsae e4 exs. Z dirt * this i.f-d
III q ~ aA II the ordinary
ahsss asscHs saa Ets-F, ard there i
eFgrg ana s2xnrT fog lis
IL II TIE 10 ts ans so1se forty
M ffss tfsi rsA aas twenty 81
talrtg fest m VIII weaG eeaF and
wooFesl at.4ls 49, r4rgt IsAss il
tile oalg c1 % szs.st3nae there
Is abort the rssne ~ saere a-e b. ex-
p3sael tights aays scre Aasaat Il. Ds-
reetly il Tie rear * Tie ssaases Il what
~ known as TIRE harnyarI This Is a
Barge raofa cut II tie solid salt, and
aeFe the males are turned ont for re.
Eeuperation
''pne may imagine that salt mine
Is bad Place = woFk. hns aside from
NE fact THAT il Ii little dismal there
are no bud feanres about ii. Unlike
d coaI mine, IL IS clean. and there Il
almost an even temperature the year
around, ranging from City eight Il
sixty degrees, winter and summer
The ventilation Is perfect and the sys
ten for supplying fresh air Is not ex
Fcelled bg any mine Id the world Ii
some u tie apassaEeways the air rushed
through with such velocity as u eli.
tingtiiah the lights.
he experience in going mp the
Shaft Is sonew hat different from that
while GOING down. The signal Is given
from below after you have been safely
stationed II thc car. and away she
goes Yoar hat sinll down ftly
On your heai and your clothing seems
Ito sit right down tight where il
! beloags 4 person who Is lit.
ne weaki in the knees would also have
\ d tendency to sit right down tight on
the bottom Of the car. The roar o.
the wind as You hustle up toward day
4 light Is bout all that can &c heard
When near the top the speed Il
lessencd, and it Is then that one i'm
AGNES that he IS going down again al
the rate Of about thousand miles &
minute, but finally the daylight, begins
ITO peep down at you and you are landed
safely ON top, only few seconds hav
ing Elapsed since you yallSed upon tho
car below