The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-04
NJ !:AHEE' s GHOST IS
NO GHOST At ALL
Strange Noises Found to Be
Produced By National Causes
An Important
Discovery.

DeadWood, SD, Sept. What they
believed to be a f%ullnedged ghost which
apparently made Its home In the mine,
has for some time been creating alarm
among the more superstitious miners
employed in the work OF developing the
Cowboy mine, which Is one of a group
Cd tin mines In the Hill City district
OF the Black Hills,
From a section Of the mine at In
tervals strange sounds nave been
heard, the sounds resembling the cry
a woman would be likely to make it
being choked to death. starting with a
wild screaming. At other times there
nave been low, growing sounds. Super
s%titious miners employed in the mine
have with difficulty been kept at work
at that part of the mine where
these terrifying SOUNDS have been
heard. They believed the sounds were
in reality made by a ghost or some
other supernatural denizen of the mine
The Cause Ia Found.
According to M. Alexander Roy,
manager Of the haunted" mine, who
made an investigation after frequent
complaints had been made to him by
alarmed miness. there Is a scientific ex-
PLANTATION Of the strange sounds coming
from the mine, which he sets forth as
follows:
From a careful study Of the pheno-
mena which has developed in the mine,
and after having weighed all the evil
dence given by the men in the mine, to
the effect that no animal OF bird pro-
duces such sounds; and that there are
no water pipes near 1t, or that the mo-
ton Of the air in itself produces the
mica - I hnN ~ 1o-,1 ~ H.
that the sounds are due to a magnetic
vortex n that such vortex is caused
by contraction of the magnetism of the
earth; being centralized by the metal
In the ore. A vortex has a form SINH
lar to a smoke ring, or Other form like
a waterspout, or a cyclone.
This whirling vortex of magnetism
gradually increases in density and
strength until it becomes strong enough
to set the air in motion. and then, act
ing like a buzzsaw, causes the sound
k a female being choked; a wild
screaming sound, which as the resist
ance of the air decreases it's motion has
all the effect of some one being muir
| dered.
Again, when the vortex is not at it's
highest speed, and some one enters the
drift when 1t is in motion, the slight
movement OF the air causes u milder
vibration, a growing sound similar to
the slowing down Of the motion Of a
saw.
In the party of four who went down
to the 300-foot level. one of those who
composed the party was a short man;
and the noise produced by the vortex
was three long groans and a short one,
showing that the motion of the air set
UP by the four was three Ions waves
and one short one.
Valuable Discovery.
This phenomena is one which to me
Is equally as valuable as the effect pro-
duced by rubbing amber or Newton's
study of the law Of gravitation; as. if
tin produces this Capitalization of
magnetism. 1t is quite possible that it
:an be made use of--to partly over
come the power Of g%ravitation
And the airship Of the future may
De a machine built of tin in such form
that it partly oyercomes gravitatior
and will only require a small amount
Ut additional power to rise to a con-
%venient height into the air"
Thus the famous ghost" OF the
Cowboy mine is laid" It is probable
that scientists will visit the mine for
The purpose of demonstrating whether
Or not this is the correct theory of the
eause of the ghostly sounds heard in
/ The mine