The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-02-22

striking the conglomcrctc at a JCa(I
4,1S5 feet from the collar of tbn ~ ~ on
which is flush with the surface 90 tia ai'
ground. At the time this sb,ft inc
successful in reaching the lode i was
the deepest in the world, bpt i was
now yield the palm to No. sL ,aus'
which is said to have strucl, corn nl'ai''
middle of January, 1885,. 1T d d., u
tn <ruating 4,450 feet. II l. Nrp'n
approA. ,,os ~daft in the world how ~"
1 '5e feet Sstp deeper han No. 8 Shaft Sa
will be begun as 81 on as No 4 reaches
the vein.
The equipment of the shaft-house
which receive the rock brought from
the bowels of the earth is most cnnI.
plete Hosting engines OF wonderful
size and power, which raise the load,A
cages, weighing eight tons, at the s.oeed
of fifty miles an hour the spec, Of the
fastest express trains-anni, 4llate space
At No. shaft there are six full sized
compartments, me shafting being l6x24
feet between timbers, and each com.
partment eight feet square. Ladderwa%
for the men in case of accident, ways
for the pump rods, discharge pipes,
compressed air and electric light, power
and signal wires are contained in two
of the compartments, leaving four for
the cages, which work in pairs, one de-
scending as the other goes up, thereby
materially assisting the engines in han.
ding such ponderous weights at re.
markable rates Of speed. The monster
engines which operate the drums
around which the steel cables coil
themselves so quickly are inarvels of
the engine builders art. The drum 81
the hosting engine at No. shaft is So
feet in Enthusiastically laO feet of steel
cable, ~ inches in diameter, is coiled
over it at every revolution The Calu.
net & Hecla has one cable ~ inches in
diameter, over ~ miles in length. The
weight Of the cable alone is several
tons, when hosting is begun from the
bottom of the shaft.
To the skilled mechanic or scientist.
or to the person who is disposed to ex.
anime carefully the giant forces which
man has brought under such perfect
subsection, the deep mines and the ma.
chinery clustered about the surface Of
the shafts are of great interest. 1t is no
show place, for the stains of rock and
oil are in many places, but nowhere
else are assembled such magnificent
plants for the operation of mines.
A trip down the shaft is an experience
never to be forgotten. A special signal
is always used when human cargoes
are to be raised or lowered, and the
cage ascends or descends at a snail's
pace, compared with its speed when
lowering timber or hosting rock The
pace is rapid enough in all conscience,
despite the slackening in speed, being
,, perhaps twice that of one of the ex
press elevators which shoot up and
: down the narrow chutes in the sky.
. scrapers of Chicago or New York The
novice feels that he has suddenly lost
half his weight, and that the remainder
may disappear at any moment, leaving
;, him suspended in space. Such sensa.
ton might be pleasant on the surface,
. but it is decidedly not SO when shoot
= ing down well penetrating the very
y bowels of the earth, n gloomy hand
lamp affording just enough light TO
y show the black rock walls on all sides
shooting upward with frightful speed.
!. Vertigo or swooning may ensue If the
person is not Of good heart and phys
a ical power.
On the return trip the sensations are
. reversed. There is sudden accession