The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-08
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Strange Hsseue.
Some Of you gentlemen were asking about
that stuffed rat in my room" said Prof.
Churchill. the mining expert at the Montana
Club. The story concerns an experience that
made my hair curl I was once retained to
report upon the workings Of a mine called the
Little Nhoop Up. in southern Arizona. On an
adjoining claim was another mine called the
Atlas A dispute arose. The Atlas people
claimed that the lower tunnel Of the Whoop
Up had been bored into their ground and q
hall million in ore taken out The first thing
to do was to make survey OF the Whoop Up.
and Of course the whoop I'd people objected.
Finally an order for the survey was secured
from the court and Dr. John Il Parks and
were sent to make the survey.
There are tricks In all trades and the whoop
Up SUPERINTENDENT knew few. When we
reached the mine he said that tho tunnel we
wished to explore was in dangerous condi
ton. There had been q cave the timbers were
rotten. and so on. II m cant a tent lone chance
that we would I've crushed Il. we tried IT, OF
course we classea him as liar. though he
We worked our way in the tunnel until .wc
ran aRalnet jam Of len timbers which
our. progress. Parks went back Tor an axe.
while ! worked at the roof with pick to dis;
elm bed halt way over into the other as side S Of
the tunne when there came a terrific crash OF
loose ore from the roof. y fell on both sides
OF the timbers. rlnning me in n hole which
woull nave been grave right there but for n
lew sticks which held the MAS OF ore above.
The place was barely large enough to move in,
and knew It was certain death In a few hours
unless Parks could dig me out. Even then |
believed was gone. for ! did not know how
much ore had fallen. In n few minutes the air
got heavy, my eyes began to feel drowsy and IL
seemed like the roof and sdcs Of the hole were
closing 10 on me. This oppression and drowsi-
ness increased until was forced to hammer
the sides OF the place with my fists and head
TO keep awake. stu not n sound could |
hear from the outside. and only the slow
crumbltnR OF ore from above. The foul air
was eating into my BRAIN and think was
actunlly insane with the fearful drend OF being
TO the floor Of the hole. and giving q few faint
SHOUTS WI ich we're echoed back into my ears
had given up oil hope. aud was almost
swoontnR when | heard q strange scrnping
sound above me. | yelled, but received no
answer, and then threw my body against tho
walls and tried to pick out the ore from be-
tween the lodged timbere. Still came the
queer. scraping noise which med to como
n carer and sounded not uni o the stead grind
! nR OF saw. IL seemed TO last for hours though
u could hardly have been a mi ute after when n
bit OF earth dropped to my feet from the upper
end OF the wall and along with IL came a big
gray mine rat, who saved my life. for lie left n
breath OF fresh air that gave life to me. The
Of the cave.
! stayed there two hours after that until
PARKS found the cave got help. and got me out |
without breaking the air hole caught the |
skkn now"