Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-01

FOREMAN SULLIVAN.
 tho sides of tin" gpat mountains sprang myriajs of golden fAiri,--, answering to | the touch cf ti,,~t. nineteenth century al chemist -, ,:.. 1r:sn who make mot her cart Il | the -;s.Ly e.. their lives. And sO the re | flnn., Isu-, E1v" lnrn h'at"n into picks and ~l'v,.,-, :s:sI I.cldvillr i> today the -rC..t,,; <; .,! uos!ucing district in Col | Or.,,lH.
 Mir Louis -(Dl:!c. an export mining en- ginrs.r. tells lIl That tho LcIdvillc miners followed tn ;l --tain extent the adviCc of C.I>tC.u VaVcE@ tl:Ht called loudly upon them In Fiv,' I!u D ir selfish fight for sil- vCr. ~I"p mining it and produce gold in stead They wvr', of course. Tot tocxpCct tO liuI tlir !!nr.' pr'ciuUS metal in the lIr2o' lnEil.., ;l' the: had hcrn wont to do with >iIvv- ;.:..l Ig;!d. but they wcrc to go tO the nI"uHt:.in tops and over the less Cx- plur-l parts If the country and work the many >IHaiI lends and t!ic lower grade bS!irS which E,,I not hrcn worth consider in- u frrc. This latter clause of the ad- vic. haw,v.r WAS not followed. The min CTS did m"; lunt f"r gold "n the mountain tops bUt ri-!.t on the old silver mining Iin'.~. and found il ton.
 Tn" IsurIiou If tLc I-cadvillc gold htIt which is at present attracting the most at tcntiUn lies on tn" east slOpc Of BrCcCc hill. CirCtly east from LCIdvillc Per haps thr ma-: famous mine in Lc1dvilIc is the I-it;!r Iohnny. bc!onging to the Ihcx MiLiH-, culIpalIy. and which is situated in thi- district Tn" Little Johnny turns out lun toI:S day and could ;S easily turn out JuO tons.
 4 Brave Wonan's Trip.
 went down the shaft of the Little Johnny >jo fc,r into thc bowels of tho earth. 1 war l through drifts and slopes. watcls,t! .-' Irawny fellows who were pick ing thr o-c from the brown earth, saw the prcciuus dirt hCapcd on the cars and for ono delightful and instructive hour was entirely out of the world above and in the earth beneath.
 When p-,'-cntcd myself at tho shaft house Uf the I.itiIc Johnny, was received with grcat poliioncss hy Sullivan, tho l foreman of the mine, one of the best known characters in LcadYillc. And right | hero want tn s;ly that tho typical western 1 miner in his rusty boots, corduroy coat and flannel shirt can give lots of our | Bruadway 1ancIrs points on Civility. l | have been knocking about now nearly six WIG, k among miners, and have yet to meet the first disrvspcctful word or look. | sullivan drought mans rubber coat and CnvoloE',d Inc in its ample folds. Next a natty brown felt hat was given mo in | exchange for my straw nicotine. Pano- l piled with Thy manly armOr, followed l sullivan to tho Cagc or elevator which was to takc Us h low. We took our places. | l ClutchCd Sullivan coat sleeve q trifie | ncrvou>ly. l must confess. Tho little Croak- CT of the party. who would not go down, called after US. Well, if you never come back''- And We shot downward in total darkness.
 Down, down, water dripping, dripping l ohD1Ir IIs in, ba 1yyfIIl blncL-nCSS \ dcring thunp-wr arc at the first sta tion. Through a falling shower light Clcams-an electric light at that. Blessed light! Never was it more welcome.
 sullivan lights his candle, gives me one, and We st out on our voyage of discovery in the underworld.
 In Subtcrranean Gloom.
 It is an cnormous minc-this Little Johnny. We walked miles, climbed stairs, crawicd through tunnels, descended into depths and wandered through drifts and never came to the end of anything. Far far of in intCrminablc Vistas glcamcd the pale, flickcring candles of workers, twin king now, then disappearing altOgether-a weird effect. Duly at hand and softly al q distance rcsoundcd the blows of tho picks against the cleaving earth. Tho miners all looked up aS we passed, and al bowed, smiled in q grave, serious fashion ! speech. Your voice sounds thin and queer and mufflcd down there and SO you don'r feel inclined u Gabblc on frivolous topic, any moro than you would in n cathedral.
 A desperately lonely life it must be, " said to Sullivan. 'IshOuld think the meI would come to sec phantoms down hero. ,
 Sullivan laughed. Then lIc said, quit, serious, We always try to keep two O three men as near each other as possible il case of accident"
 But do they never think they Sc, ghosts:" I persisted.
 Oh, we'll" Sullivan said, II hay, heard stories about other mines. Thcr was q tale of phantom that rode up am down in the cage in one mine. It wa said to be the ghost of miner and some O the men declared they saw it; but, o course, that's all nonsense
 Is it: I wondered. And l rcmcmbcrc the story told me a day or so ago by min ing engineer who had occasion to go dow an abandoned shaft He went down il the bucket and stepped on something i the darkness. quickly lighted his candl and looked into the face of a dead mar He sent the bucket mp for his partner an remained down there with that horrC alone. Down came tho bucket. and whe it got within n few feet of tho bottom ( tho shaft. the man leaned over and calle to the engineer, II smell n dead man. . They carried this dreadful thing whic had months before been a living, brcatl ing man up, and tho shaft was avoided af CT that, for the uneasy ghost was said [ haunt the spot
 Do you know the difference between
 drift" and ''stopes" A drift is pa sageway on ono level When q passage
 made above it, like one apartment over al other, it becomes n stope. The illustr' tion shows the manner of timboring stope
 When at last we reached daylight an removed our mining togs in Sullivan office, the foreman, with a grim smil
 opened n cupboard door and displayed h
 arsenal" There were at least 40 vii
 chesters polished, glittering and wicket
 What forf ''In case of any trouble"
 carelessly answered as he locked the doe