The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20

for him and the ladies OF his PARTY to 90
down into one Of the deep mines AFTER
he had delivered his lecture. IL was
easy for mo to make the arrangement.
A little before the night shift went to
work we arrived at the dressing rooms of
tho Ophir mine. and q fore man assigned
To conduct the party showed he ladies
TO their dressing. room and handed TO
each OF them a long rubber Overcoat.
This was not because the Ophir was a wet
mine, hut because the ladies would ind
in their dressing rooms for their lnse
exactly what Mr.. lngorAoll and found,
pair Of heavy socks and shoes. a pair Of
jean trousers. . blue woollen shirt and an
Oilskin cap. We descended To the 90
level. where the foreman told the ladies
they could throw on their rubber coats.
and encouraged by Mr.. lngerSoll they
dbl 40
Our guide took the party to the various
works or that level. the drifts and cross
cuts and the faces Of the Slopes, all OF
which the visitors enjoyed very much.
but Mr.. lngersoll the while was Jollying
the foreman about the absence OF the ter
Tifsa heat he had heard would he encoun-
tered In the deep workings. Lake a boy
proud Of \ sore thumb the foreman va.
proud Of the fact that the Ophir could
show UP a. great a degree Of heat as any
other mine on the lode. and this jollying
made him u little peevish.
We went 20 the shaft and took cage
down several hundred feet lower. There
the foreman whispered TO me to detain
the ladies on q pretence of showing them
the cooling on room while he attened 90
the great aGnostir. He took hum along q
blind drift that i~. drift with no opening
with any other workings TO give
draught. The men working IN the lace
Of the drift were supplied with fresh AR
which was comparatively cool by AIR
pipes conducted from an air pump bnt
s0.a. hS ~
half way between the cro@scut from which
IL runs and the face yon were IN ala 30 hot
that Il almost blistered the lips to breathe
Along this drift the foreman, grtmly
smiling, led his guest until they me, 2
miner hurrying back. his head bowed
over his candle to protect his face from
the sCorching cir lngersoIl stopped tue
man:
The miner RruFry replied: I'm going
to he'll to cool on. and walked on.
4 think. Mr.. Foreman said lngersoll.
With a chuckle tina. white that man may
not find the place he - looking Tor, wee
better return and help him look Tor y.
Il must be cooler than this-h there 70
such q place
Thee we all went down the incline IN a
cage called q giraffe several hundred fee'
further yes. where We came Close 10 the
nump. the water 81 which would COOK an
After ssen a CSSs ' s,S.S de- sw ~ ' n
the giraffe and the foreman gave three
long. steady pulls on the signal rope.
whats that forP' Mr.. Ingersoh asked.
-It's the signal to raise-gics'-
abcsrd the sS,ds rspI,e" vo,,rx man =
Mr.. InEsrsol said. -h you continue sue.
ce.-fuiIy 70 signal until you get us all
safety onto the surface a the Earth u
write you an Obituary that wih make the
angels turn green with envy.
, When the bss bonanza was dlscovsseh:
vast body Of S3Oo q ton ore ~ hich seemed
inexhaustible. the COmstock began a
career OF riotous extravaGnnce The
ore 90 the Comstock IN what miners know
a. free milling. recurring no furnace
or other expensive reduction work FOR the
extraction Of the metal
stamp mills pounded the ore to a tine
aand and that was ground To pulp IN
grinding pans while mined With water;
salt and blnsstone were added quick
silver was poured into the mas. the tenn
peFrneated the mas thoroughly. then the
Temperature was lowered until the quick
silver wAs precipitased To the bottom 81
the pan holding the metal. That anal
gam was drawn al. the QUICKSILVER ~.
torted out % g and brick Of gold and
There would probably have been big
profit in the milling at q dollar a ton. but
the stock holders paid Is a ton. No u was
with timber for tinnbsring the mines and
holding up the stops. for cord wood fuel
for freight transportation. For all these
and all other supplies three. four ana five
prices were charged. and every one had
pockets full 81 money.
High class theatre companseS could not
wait Tor date ~ Piper'- Opera Hnu@e
and showed la National Guard arrnory
Men who werr protiting hy the eXtraya-
giant prices PAID for everything neglected
the product Of the little brewery down IN
Seven Mile Canon and drank champagne
for lunch a. well a. for dinner, SPECIAL
trains brought capitalists and inve-tica-
tors daily. The prices of shares scared
3 To monntrous figures and suddenly -
was discovered that Just hslov and Just
/ hsyond the points where the inVestigat IN q
diamond drills had t-ored through the
bonanza there was nothing but country
rock. barren Porphyry.
/ The COLLAPSE was 30 unexpected that IL
took kea-1 out % not only the investing
public biIt even the experts since thpn
d there has been no extensive and system
attic prospecting ~ that wonderful lode
. But even n modern pumping plants.
using the SutrO tunnel A. an outlet. drain
/ the long submerged lower levels. and
| scientific research shall disclosa riches m
the lower unopened depths 10 the lode the
old Virginia City will never come again
/ INTO itA rognance % life. You can organize
mining hut not romance.