Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1913-04-10

advance into the white damp be will
pass through a line where there are
nine parts Of afr 10 one part gas (the
explosive mixturel. and the lamp will
Instantly register this explosive condi.
ton by a sudden cracking inside Of
the gauze and the extingulshlng Of the
fame. Were II an open lamp the ex-
plosion ignitcd by the fame would
sweep throughout the entire workings,
carrying death and destruction before
e. but by the construction OF the sefe-
~ lamp the explosion confines itself 20
the limited area within the gauze
cones. aud unless the lamp Il moved
suddenly and the Hame IL dragged
through the gnuze at the instant that
the explosion occurs within the globe
n will not extend beyond the gauze.
So dim was the light given from these
lamps that we usually carried n porta.
bic electric lamp for light. using our
safety lamps principally for detecting
the presence OF gas
A. the days went by the men be.
came more hopeful, and II seemed that
we were winning IN our eight against
the Invisible. Already m entire quar-
ter % the mine had been recovered
from the rns-a section where men
might work without the use OF he'll
NETS. restoring the burned aud blown
down tlmberinR. doors and brattlces.
Rob Carr assistant mine manager.
was n tail young Scotchman. who had
been but u year or two IN America
lie had been brought up from early
boyhOod In the coal mines aud had
won the confidence OF all who knew
him on account OF his knowledge OF
the difficulties which besot the miner
and his ability IN overcoming them. /
lie was a tall man, about six feet two /
In height. with slightly STOPPING shout. I
icrs. caused perhaps by the attitude
which days and nights OF work under /
he low roofs OF the mine tunnels made /
necessary. I never heard him swear.
md the men who knew him maintain. |
NJ that be never drank or smoked. and /
yet In that rude community. where |
rirtucs were often more criticised than
'auits. there was no man moro respect.
II and perhaps loved than he.
Tie Joined mo every afternoon IN the
'calc house az about .. and for four
hours we followed the long west on.
rics out 90 their headings. testing for |
yns and confirming the safety OF the /
mon WIN worked ~ the bottom aud !
trusted their lives In our hands. Each |
lay he Joined ne. ana for the last
hours of my shift we remained togeth. |
y. examining and marking everywhere |
he progress OF the air and the ever /
boundaries OF the air zone.
Az II our shift left the mine. and the /
night shift. under Carr. went down. |
md II was IN order that be might be |
'nlly informed NJ 10 the conditions un.
foreground before he entered the mine /
with his men that he spent these add.
ional hours In the evening with the
men Of the shift which preceded him.
one day for the hrst time Carr told me
" his wife and the two small children |
whom he Ind left In Scotland. 20 whom
ie would some day return. "And I'm
going TO quit mining then" he told me.
TIN going 20 build cottage down
along cove that know
". where you can hear the surf on the
leach aud where you can keep a sail.
boat" lie had made good. he felt.
There was money In the bank that.
With the additions OF a year or two
more. would give him all that he dc.
lred. aud then he was going home
I wns about ~ O'Clock In an hour
more would be- out: the long. hard
lay would be over. aud then Carr. with
IN night shit, would return into the
nine and take up the work where we
lad left q
There were lights and voices In d
ntry nc the mine bottom and now and
hen biz of laughter. aud there was a
heerful noise bf sledges aud the rum.
le OF the wheels Of the dat cars as the
nen pushed them, laden with the bro
en- stone from the falls. down the
rack 20 the bolsting shaft A little ,
efore n the orders were given. and
he men laid down their tools aud pick.
q up their safety lamps 10 leave Two
eeks on the great hosting cage car.
led Ms all. and minute later we
topped ont irio the fresh cold air OF
he winter night
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