Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-02-14

and oil. The superintendent offered
to accompany him, and several expert
miners went along as reserves.
AS they were being lowered an enor-
nous cloud of smoke lowered over
the engine room, showing, the pumps
were heroically doing their part in
the work of rescue surgeon had
been summoned to await develop
ments. Sothern and the superinten-
dent worked alternately with their
picks against the mass of rock The
air courses had been switched so as
to improve the supply, but as there
was no through passage the current
was sluggish. Again and again the
lights would go out and golden time
was lost. Inch by inch the water
crept up to the breast of the men
to1ling for another's life. The superin-
tendent finally succumbed and
dropped his pick. Sothern heard the
groan as his light went out and car
RED him back to the mouth of the
entry. The men there put him on
coal car and wheeled him to the
cage"
Another man would have relieved
0othern, but he refused the offer |
Ihere had to be sound bodies to com
plete the work after he had made his
way through the barricade. STANDING
waist deep In the black water he
worked with two hands on the nick
slowly charging the aperture. One of
the men came up and held 1iob+
While he crawled through
He stumbled over bouIders and +bon
fell on the man for whom he was
searching. Bending his ear tn Tho,
ton heart he detected a faint SIGN of
NE. The water had now risen to the
mole Sothern. had made with his nick
ana II there was to be any escape it
would nave to be at the imminent
rlsK OF drowning. The unconscious
MAN could not guard his mouth so
ooInern tied his handkerchief around
It. ihen ne painfully dragged the
SreaC form to the hole in the rock
"corls ana called to the men on the
o'her SIDE, who, with closed mouths
struggled through the water to receive
the burden
Slowly and with exceeding difficulty
eney fought their murky way through
Ine water-logged passage to the month
vi the entry. AS they laid Thorton
uown IN dry place he moved slightly
ana showed other signs of returning
consciousness.
HiiherS then turned and started :
oack TO assist Sothern out. They had
roC gone far when they were blocked d,
ny the water which had risen to the !
looI over the depressed roadway. No =
pich could shatter that wall: no man :
:oulo Ind his way through that dread !
III barrier and live. They shouted !
aliu the metallic echo of their own
'oices Knocked them. They hunted I'm =
ong poles, pushed them in and found
IoCnlng. With the soft moveemn+ Of d
ne vampire the black damn so+t1oa
rv I've ohem and all the lights went ont
MS warning could not be disregarded
'nu the men hurried back with tbo .
me VINO had been recalled tn life :,
On top the stars were castinp of+ ~
low over the valley as the caSo :.
lVeu with its load The nurns h
. ..' steadily, driven hard bv great g
lilers CARRYING tremendous steam q
ressure. The black smoke -. -
randy from the tall stack and was =,
10 Ia tne haze of the night. From f.
nc cottonwood forest came tha waird :;
ans OF the screech owl and the wbin- r.
OOr-will 'ae WHIP L
al
In tha 1i++1o Sc
- Tue little church amid the miners, -
apihs priest stood before fan =;