The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-03-23

srtsn's ors.nsd Y.ur Mine sor Vel"
the mystery. Of the continuous grum.
bling roar which was still aseendins
sst of the rreek-covered mine shaft.
Beasiey stayed with us, waiting. -
! teok its.to sst his bteakfast bSfors
~ ran me or 20 jan. shd the three of
- fell to work clearing away the
hilsn timbers and roofing iron. Dad.
~ Hiram leading the attack anu b.
~ the drstator stick his head throurA
what remained Of the tangle and hane
It over the edge Of the shafts mouth.
"Hoorey!". he yelled his voice
sounding a. II II came from the inside
ef barrel; and then again, "Hooray.
Stannis. son by the ghosts Of old
ehadrach. Meshach and Ahednero.
, CAarisy Bullsrton's done sous and
Ssas eSgs zac'ly what he said he could
es-drssnsd your mine Tor ,ysi. Climb
Aers and take = loo. at he-. s.s,.-
smpty-empfy as q gourd-but, ai
that. she amt Eoin' to be, very long I"
A few more minutes Of the strenu.
GUS toll cleared the pit mouth 30 that
We could all sec. The bomb which had
exploded In the shaft had wrought q
complete Transformation. The stand.
Ing flood, which ali Of our pumping
attacks had failed to lower By 80
much a. q fraction Of an inch. was
gone. and with II had vanished the
two big centrffugals. the platform
upon which they had stsod, and their
pipe connections. Gone. likewise. was
the greater part Of the heavy wooden
shaft-iinins.!! "A little of this remained
u the uppex part. of the shaft, but
from . point possibly twenty Ave feet
down, there was nothing but the bare
rock aides Of the square pit swept By
the receding food.
Az for. the hollow roaring noiss
which had followed the crash Of the
explosion, and which still continued.
there was q good and sufficient reason
plainly visible from the pits mouth.
Some twenty feet down. and on tho
eastern side Of the shaft, q stream Of
water big enough to run q good.sized
hydro-electrie plant was pouring into
the perpendicular cavern. and II was
Hs plunging descent into the bowels
OF the earth which was making the
mimic thunder.
Beasley. was the flrst to and speech.
"Where the blaEes 10 all that water
comm from r. he exploded.
That'S just, what we'rs going to
and out" I barked. "Can you and
Daddy handle my weight In q rope
siingT
They both protested that they could
handle two Of me II necessary, and q
sling was quickly rigyed and I was
lowered into the pit. AZ the nearer
view thus obtained, soms e the MR.
teries were insfanfly made clear The
reason why the wooden boxing disap-
peared below . certain point in the
shaft wac that Il had never extended
any farther aowp.. 1t had bsen mere
y q box With bottom l--and all those
pipe-dfsam inprssslons which haa
triaA b pesistseE themselves on ths
day whss ! had ny struggle with the
sne4tse.Dine oeteDus were instantly
tSaHsihtsd fetsr&aetss 4 ,csvid have
swors. thss, .thAs fhsss. was 1 ibotton
In the bsx. and there was q bottom.
Ard that sthsr isDrsssiee--thst had
sneosntsFsa a inrushing stream Of
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