The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-26
LOST Miner
FOUND ALIVE
DISCOVERED ToTTERING ALONG
A MAIN ROAD.
Not Much the Worse for His
Six Days Thrilling Experience.
Thought He Had Been in the Mine
Only a Day or so--supposition
That He Encounterd a Body Of
Black Damp, Became stupefied and
and Fell Into a Sleep After Acct
dentally Stumbling Upon Good Air.

John Zylankus, the Polander, who
was lost in the johnson mine last Sat
| urday, has been found. He was dis
covered yesterday morning at O'Clock
| tottering down the main road in the
| third vein guiding himself in the dark
ness by the trolley wire along the roof.
One OF his own countrymen, John
Nartorisky, was the first man to en-
| counter him. Nartoriskey was going
| to his chamber along the main road
| and when about half mile from the
| foot OF the shaft saw man coming
towards him without a lamp and CROP
| ing his way in the darkness by rum
ming his hand along the trolley wire.
Nartoriskey recognized him at once as
the missing Zylankus and rushed for
ward to his assistance.
Zylankus begged at once for some-
| thing to eat and Nartoriskey gave him
piece of bread and q frankfurter.
Zylankus gulped these down AMI de-
| manded more, but Nartoriskey would
| not let him have it, knowing that it
| was dangerous to allow him to eat any
| large quantity of heavy food until his
| system has been nourished by cautious
dieting.
| Another miner came up as Zylankus
was finishing his frankfurter and gave
| him his tea bottle. Zylankus drank
the whole Of the pint of tea without
taking the bottle from his head.
TAKEN TO SURFACE.
Then he started for the shaft with
the two miners assisting him. He was
hoisted to the surface and as soon as
his eyes became accustomed to the
daylight he walked unaided to his
boarding house on Madison avenue,
three hundred yards away, accomt a.
MED by a large crowd which grew
| constantly In number as the news OF
the finding rapidly spread through the
Johnson's patch settlement. There
was great rejoicing, especially among
Zylankus' countrymen.
DR.. McGreevy, of Dunmore. who was
summoned by the company officials,
made an examination of Zylanlxus soon
after the later reached home. He
| found him greatly weakened, of course,
but wholly free from any symptom of
permanent disability. The doctor says
he will pull through all right with
proper care.
| Zylankus Is II years old but large for
his age and OF vigorous constitution.
His hands and arms were covered with
cuts and gashes resulting from the
cropping tactics he had to adopt when
his oil was exhausted. His knees and
lower parts of his legs were badly
confused from creeping over falls and
through narrow openings and his cloth
ing was thoroughly soaked with water
and encrusted with culm.
He hasn't the slightest idea of how
he came TO lose his way or in what
direction he wandered. Most OF the
time, he says, he was near a body OF
water. This the old miners say would
indicate that he was in an old working
in the No. 8 vein at a place called
Shepherds Dip" This however, is
only conjecture. 1t may have beer
any one of number of places in va
rlous parts of the mine where there
are permanent Judgments OF water.
TOOK A SHORT ROUTE.
After he left the fire boss shanty, he
says, he went towards his chamber by
a short route through some old work.
ings. He had been through them sew.
eral times before, when he worked a.
the mines seven days last December
and thought he knew the way.
| The route which he took passes
through only about fifty yards of ole
workings and is much traversed as the
round about route along the main roat
Is three times as far. 1t is supposed
that instead Of cutting straight
through the old workings Zylanku.
turned at a right angle when he wa.
half way across and headed into the
labyrinth OF abandoned chambers.
| When he realized that he was lost ht
turned to retrace his steps and KEEP
walking as rapidly as he could in the
direction in which he supposed he hat
come. 1t is now supposed that instead
OF beating a retreat he was all the
time pushing on farther into the work
ings or wandering around regularly.
| After his oil was exhausted he threw
away his lamp and diner pail and be
gan cropping his way. lie was in on,
place for long time where the roo
was so low that he was continual,
humping his head and finally was com
PEELED to crawl on his hands and knees
He became exhausted. he says, afte
a time and took Il sleep. He thinks h,
slept only for short Ihile, probabl,
a few hours. he says. When he awok
he resumed his wandering, walking o
creeping. according to the height of tn
roof and feeling ahead, above o
,, around him with his hands constantly
TIME NOT COUNTED.
He does not know whether it wa
hours or days from the time he wok
: up and resumed his wanderings unit
he was rewarded yesterday mornin
by discovering the trolley cable abov
his head. He knew this would lea
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