The sun., 1894-10-28

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Ro-ssr. worked slowly. through the rich coal
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experience headaches and napsea after emerG-
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Louisville. They knew what the symptoms
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persistent industry came near costing him his
Two weeks ago yesterday Joe was pegeins
away with his pick 10 the outer room OF the
Rosser mine, when he found the atmosphere be-
soaS Onssp END .sn e' rSS% 70
look FOR the cause. and found Il readily. From
The room further along IN the entry n ~ e
ears came faint crack ling sound and steady
roar that increased 10 ioudness evsry moment.
bad forced itself through its prison waii and
was already ,butplng In the Inner workings Of
from the flaming. coal that the air from the
mouth Of the drift had livened 10 = furnace
oisse' ne picked up his toos carrier nS ,a them I'm
The industrious German did not eiys up all
which he had left 80 handiiy st the entrance 10
the progress the iire would make. before morn.
ing. Bright and early he wended his way to his
sSs SS % his taken
blazing briskly through the hole In the hill. and
the surface above It had sagRed very percepti-
reach them, but each time the heat and smoke
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watch the end of the Rosser mine. GRADUALLY
filled mp. When no orifce was left kirkmeyer
Along in the dusk of that evening tho in.
habiants Of Marshall, or at least that portion Of
them who happened to be looking In the, direc-
teohnic display From tho section Rosser had
leased they saw tower Of flame rise out Of the
OF thirty feet. 80 they assert and aimost stimuli
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toppled In, and the fiery monster that had been
so long chained in the heart OF the hill had found
liberty and breathing space. ,
Those who visited the place next morning be-
Of wayy smoke lowered into the atmosphere
81 oSpyS Soas ho 9 s IN the Ss.o S N asnsS
hluish waves Of flame fiickered and tossed, while
along the line line where the pillars pillars ran some Ity
who saw all this felt that the last coal had been
taken out OF Volcano Hill, unless deiuse visited
Since then the ground over the mine has been
RThuuhliy slnklnR ana yesterday SOME OF tne
pillars between two rooms crumbled away. let
ting tons Of rock and clay down into the de-
stroyed workings OF the mine. The worst cave
In occurred about O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
IL was heralded by Rush OF smoke from the
dip over one room, and then loud. prolonged
roar as the mass Of sandstone and olay above
1t sank down out Of sight. yellow haze
spread itself over the hill directly after. and Il
was fully twenty minutes before an approach
20 within thirty feet OF the big, oblong chasm
became safe.
From knoll at that distance from the nsw
crater q good view of Its interior was obtained.
The spot where the flame seemed to come from
slOped downward toward the mountains, and
the distance Of the coal from the surface Of the
blaze could only be guessed at. II was estimated
that forty feet Of burning gas ran down through
the hill there.
After while the ground around the vent
hole became too hot to bear. and constant crack
ing and sinking of the hills surface made the
n radius Of fifty feet OF the fiery chasm were red
hot BY the fires work yesterday wagon road
which was safe for travel on Saturday became
as the ground through which II ran
near the Rosser mine has saRged about six feet.
The hill was visited yesterday by numbers OF
people from Boulder and other points. II Is not
expected To be an attraction very long, as the
air has full play upon the fire now and the last
workable section of Volcano Hill will soon be no
more.