Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-30
Dropped itno Copper Mine
through 1900 Feet of Inky
Darkness.
COMES OUT ENTHUSIASTIC
Automobile Ride over Mountains Not
tho Icnst Thrilling Of Experiences
In the Montana Copper Region
Sigh of Rciicf when
IL WAS over.


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linen duster, an old black siouch hat,
and swinging an electric lantern at his
SIDE PRESIDENT TART was locked in
narrow IRON cage ana dropped Ia" rect
through darkness into the depths or the
famous ola leonard copper mine NJ
butte to-day lie had the rare expert
enc" OF seeing miners at work with
giant drlil IN a vein OF hiGh grade ore
Nl"' SP'rk'" green VII" "' w"h''h or
mineral
Ni''' nan an ho"' undeF erouhd' inc
president was brought I" the surface
nlhkihe N' inc E'a'e OF 'he noondaN sun.
re was cheoreu 10 'he e'ho by the crowd
81 'Hrl""s ''"pie E''Ne'od "t 'he ho's''
lie d''Hr'd ENTHUSIASTICALLY:
Il would not nave missed Al for me
world
II was TIE Presidents irst WISH 10 the
Montana copper region ana between the
smelters ut Anaconda ana the mines at
Putt" he had q SERIES OF interesting ex-
per'ences. Not the least OF these was
thr''inE a"'ol"o"i rue over ,,' noun
,oorord ,nn'o Tho GRADES uero staep
and ,.tr1i,,, bu+ tho crourr.urs waro ex-
nerierced mon. and while there was an
narentl,. no tbrea. Of danger at any
stage of the trir. there was n Sigh OF re-
lief when NJ. Taft had once more been
placed safely aboard the Maynower for
the run to Helena
Arriving a. Helena he went directly Z"
the stat" fair grounds where +i'"7
viewing nortioh Of the "Nh'hl's. n"
made an oper al" address ana witnessed
race OF COW noNs. returning !" '"'
city MI F'ff reVleWe" parade Oh S'"oo'
oN'u'en'
i'eaN''S H''r,'" vas ..-
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,oras
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ythen he first got off the train this morn
ing at Anaconda the -esult OF sprain-
ed tendon in his RICH, foot. The spran
occurred at beverly but ne suffered little
inconvenience from IT until to-day when
ms 1oot was corS'oer"o'S s"o'ie"' mere
ho'h'hS serious a"oV' '"e SP'"'"'
BIG CROWD At EUTTf.
The President made a flying trip
through the washoo smelter Of the
Amalgamo,ea Conner companv at An
aconda tben nroreeaed into the cit,.
a,d af,o, hrio< address .oot tho
.,,,, for MOTTO rha cro,vds wbich
o,os ,,,r, -, .ho s+reo,s ther. woro
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'nli IN ope"'nE way .'' ..o ru.o
dents car hao passed '''e c''N
swarmed IN us Wake
Speaking at the court mouse, 'h'
fr'S'"'"' 'o"heu ou' "p'i' Il
,.an,.,n,
$780,, ~. .,.,
re ''''' .''
'"e ff'"N '"'''s ""''' "'
""hner'ul i'nPi'SS'o" '''o
making upon MN anu '""'" "' '''
ing:
II am like the old Dutchman who
said. The more you live the more You
and, by gOlly, out.
PRESIDENTIAL. RECORD.
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Postnlnrt General Hitchcock. who
+oired the President to-day at Anaconda.
and SECRETARY pal'neor accompanied the
President in tho President in the pic
t,rcsGue trip down the dark chute and
through the cross cuts and drifts Of til.
deep level
DROppEn ~ ,r,yprr-,I,ct,r
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'"9'7' W ''''"'' 80
''se III '"'re 'e'"'' ne
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wv, ,J ,Ias 49, T,or,
rae sheer drcn ~ soO feet 70 the ars
,o,.o,
Arter this the ,ovc,s came Mt intervals
., no foot Desn,te the assurance OF the
r,ine of,ce,s that they made from % tc
IN tr,ns n doy down the shaft at n speed
which rele1ated tho Presidents trip TO 6
snairs nacn In comparison, the descen
through the first 500 feet OF inky dark
ness was nerve shaking to the nervou,
ones in the party
The descent occupied two and one-hal
minutes and during the journey there
was nothing but hlackness ana silence.