The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-08-17

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tcn-sx<ed IN tbs worit wss IN hia
reekess -twv hun.lrvSi dallArx AM;
Dc haa paid NJ rser ~ 49,. sA>s stsrss
dsyx NJ l,h.s. there wnuld ~ vxastl,
twensy dollars isfs Rus F1ifshifa sisi
nrs he<stAse rn FArvwlAx essse A.
~ens ana wllh him so sn FnsffsIsw.
In chambers with the Max~. Thvn.
the pseexsary rernlsalon ssssng hem
grAnt~a NJ hurrlra hack Il shs msne
and iste the dfffi. ihesx se Mad the
iAsa ~ the nasA t~ing ssrpped away
from beneath tke sife as the cav~in
rasrvhiid raisi o1. Then ~ sarnesi 10
the forrmen.
~iiew Inany u these ren asv game
~ take cslanevs~
@rsesis nesr an ~ 'ein--is there's
nny Kind ~ y rasnhse ~ s~
'~These's iot ~ gamble rive xut
icst twrnts sisllars IN my psNrkss >.
raoaxh tc pay each man ops dollar
arlrxsv fnr q nixhs's work N my huneh
s'cesrt pas cut. n 4 does pen. the
wages are twenty dollars lay fnr
ihres days With everybody, tnsiuitnx
msse,f workinx IKE h-~i' whe's
gamer
The answer came In unison, Fasr.
child led the way ~ thr chamber,
sessed hammer and tpUk hss rsacs
There's two hundred doliar ore
heek ~ Tits feas wan II we sAn hrexk
In and Nati new xfape. he an.
neancsss IN takes q six.foot h,Ale
10 r~nch Il. ana We can have the whoie
ssers BY ,nsefninE Let's SO r
Alsnnr lhe grAnt length ~ the faoE
wail, estenfiaK asi the distance N The
hix chamber, ths men hsxnn ihslr
werk. flse men 10 the 'iriiis and mx
mans t. she xieaxes as thes started
their aauble jpcking Midnight came.
the tsrw; NJ the sxfrot drills sMnk ia
lss ultimate depth. Then the second
sAtsu third and fenrth. finally the nth
They inosed on. Hours more % work,
and the operation had been Repeated
The wortmen hurried tar the powder
honsc. Car down the dflf, ~ the shaff.
luggine back 10 their reekcts lhr scl.
low. canrIo.slke Ffiekx AZ dynanslfe.
with their waxy wrappers and tlsclr
gslatinons eDntenss. fageiEsr With
fuses and caps trlmrinw nirpcfs
the inetiishle accompaniment ~ a
mlner~ came forth from the rosksts
~ The men careful 'amrlns. then
the mon f"al. their places III she fuses
Give the worsi'" ane ~ them an,
nounced crisl.iy ~ he turned ~ Fair.
child "iaeh % usn tight one of
these things and then say we'n run /
Hecause ibis ls goIng 10 be sosne 81.
plnsIon e
Fairchlld smiled the srulle AZ mmn
whose heart ls shnmplng Al its maxi.
mum speed Defare him IN the long
line of the foot wall were ten holes.
"uphnies." downs" and Swimmers.
attacking the hidden or~ IN every d.
rectlon. Ten holes drilled six feet
into the rock and tnmped with double
charges Of dynamite He straight.
ened.
An right, mcni nsadyr'
''Ready."
Touch 'em On !"
The carbide lamps werr hela rinxc
b the fuses for a second Soon they
we're all going. splitting like so many
venomons. angry serpen,r hnt neither
TAirchiid nor the minefs had stopped
70 watch. They were running ~ hard
a. possible for the shaft and for the
protection thai distance might give. A
wait TINT seemed ages Then.
zone ="
And two--and fhrce !"
There goes fopr and fve--they
want together" !"
''ssx seven eiglf--nIne---r
again walt while they looked NJ !
rre another with varuous eyes Al
onx interval until the tenth.
Two went together then | thought
re'd counted miner The foreman
'tared. and Faircisild studied. Then
'is face lighted
"Elesen't righi one Or Them must
ave setrof the charge that Harry len 1
n there All the better--lf gives ns
ust that much more of ! chance"
Back they wen, along The drift tnn-
~ now. coughing sIikb'Iy as the
harp smoke Of The dynamite cut their
angs~-a long Journey that seemed
: many miles instead Of feet. Then
Fish shout rairchIld xprang for
'nrd, and went to his hands and
necs.