The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-13

and cs very Ren-rous proportions and yea
eorsr gaok unlike SAL sack when you
hare arassy found your way izso tbs sa<-
-vserss. which IL a cross between Tnot7@r
h4n5a-. and a custer THIS covering =
very essential as the mines are damp IN
many places You are t5en escorted -
b. 4 bard OF music. thta guides 20 every
third person win lighted lanterns down a
s.Asrway Of Sc steps. WIKI resting places
about every iaa steps These resting PLACES
are the remains Of old mines which are O.
huge proportions. ard IN the center OF no
aoa1s-I.ke roof one can see TIE old saafs
co.a which the miners cams 10 woEk, l@-
now Used as a csntsrpiece .-on " hacn =
suspended chandeliers made CT sEna-l
pieces o. rock sat strung together ana
Glossy resembling cut glass. IN wA-cA
myriz1s % candles are placed and AZ
lighted IN homer os The arrival OF TIE
American sliiilonalres.' TIE band ~ zIus.c
taat preceded Us TOW began the familiar
waltz, The Bowery.' which We ucilized-
and we managed 20 ess Up a circulation
tripping the iiga; fantastic in the heart
or cd Masher Earth We proceeded for
about ten minutes more through tanaels
OF rock sal, AMI found ourselves il a
chapel the pillars II which were carved
OF rock sat TIE high altar had q hne
cructax. also carved az sat- The apostles
adorned me walls life size monuments n
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ed TO ne the probability OF its beng
Lots wife. A pulpit beautifully carved
was there also OF salt Three different
monuments erected IL memory Of dead
ard gone Polish kings present a strange
picture as our guide ho.6s up 4 calcium
light fer Is 20 snspec. the shafts OF salI,
an3 SO We proceed from one huge room
TO another connected by narrow passage
ways. with salt. salt everywhere. but not
white as you would expect. /; looks more
like Quincy granite than rock salt az
the veins OF salt crystal are taken out
leaving only gray walls. The last room
We visited was mammoth II size. Unlike
the others Il was not Illuminated. Above
our heads in total darkness the band
played, then according TO some pre-ar-
ranged plan an elevator. which booked Ike
q rope basket, with three miners seated
In * singing = weird Polish miners song
and noursshing lighted IRE brands, were
slowly raised through the darkness into
the old shaft, after which we were treated
10 a fine display OF fireworks fit for the
Fourth OF July Al home And al this oc-
Cured nearly 1000 feet below earth's sur
face. Next We came 10 a lake over which
a little launch took us such a strange
ride, FOR the sides OF the lake were iiiu-
minated with hundreds OF candles, and
yet darkness prevailed so that Il reminded
one more Of the descriptions Of Rider Hag-
CARDS She" than I ever expected 10 wit
ness myself. As no place in this nine
teenth century is exemp; from restau-
rant We finally found ourselves surround
81 by champagne. ginger ale, and even
the spicures Of the party were more than
ready for some questionable looking ham
sandwiches provided by the enterprisins
proprietor. We then assembled, six a;
time, in a modern elevator 10 earth's sur
face again. glad 10 have visited this king
% salt mines, bat sorry not 10 have seen
the miners Al work, as II Is impossible 10
get permission for this courtesy. We left
well satisfied with the exerticn we had
made in walking miles through tunnels.
with good air everywhere. and when we
LEFT 1t was with the feeling OF having ell
joy.d delightfully."- novel experience"