Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-09-08

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SHAFT appear fairly II AZ upward "a past Y
u.s. bppu ,uptt up they hys disclosing
thiA stratum of rock. and, then that ,
10 s-e'iq Planned Ike sstcity.s iasssD'
i ArrivipE at the bottom, we soon find
that q coal mine Is planned like a city.
There II one main street. Or entry, and
1t has been laid out With the nicely 81
q grand boulevard, Parallel with this
are, the other entries, and across these
entries run other streets, at right an
giles usually, which are called headings.
Lining all these headings as houses line
the streets are the chambers, or rooms,
In which the miners work! rhd3 afri
When W. stop at the bottom we feel
ourselves in O. small,sized hurricane
1t is the air rushing down. the shaft
and starting through the mine, onfits
missioumof purificatieny Setting tout
down theTualn entry, along a ruiaread
track, 1--we soon hear q changing bell
and q whistle and presehtls there
looms opt, 81, the darkness x yellow
light.n Asait approaches. we see the
Outlines Of what appears tosbe q, long,
round boiler creeping along the rails,
but In reality 1t is e 'compressed-air
engine Tor compressed y All, rather
than electricity Is. the, hanlage power
In this smine- .el.lsi war aIasssIo neA M
when the miners 90 down to their
work in the morning they are checked
iii by the fire boss. He Is foreman
who has charge OF IRE prevention and
OF the safety Of the miners white at
their several tasks. During, the night
every section Of the, mine has been In
spected to see whether there Is gas
anywhere. II there should be an entry,
a heading, or room. that Is laden With
gas. the facf IA noted on slate which
u shown. to. the men AZ they, file. past.
The brass check of every miner who
enters the,workings Is taken and hung
up 6nA beard. opposite the number Of
the room In which ne Is digging coal
II he has 4 helper. his check some
what different-goes up, too; and II
there are two men working as part
nears, that the fact ia shown also.
We walk and walk until wa begin
to feel as though we might be fpnhg
out over in China or FranceI and then
we come to the rooms or chambers
for all the coal in the nelghborhood Of
the, holsting shaft has gone up In heat
and smoke long .befpfS now and dhfs
mihs y far-fqngs ssfg ssss
49,. Where the Miner. Works. ss
These. rooms or chambers might be
monks cells In some catacombs for the
avfng. = Here the miner pores ana
blasts and digs away the fcoal and
Ioads it into the Iaihes cars! IL be- has
n helper he does net need To- Do ths
lpadIng himself. The oar holds About
Loco pounds Of irun-of-the-mine coal.
md a miner is supposed to all two of
chem day. - ~ eV
"a When the car is loaded the miner
butts his numher on II aRd presently,
Eith .naueh ado. there comes Wy 1.-THE
heading and into the passageway lead
ing to- the chamber 4 string df| Aules
lERalking tandetn, 81, sIhSie file! land
IIaragginr an empty car behind. They
Sull out the loaded car. set the empty
lsone where the miner wants II. and 20
lack with the load Of coal. 2lif}'fi
Ia Thor. arc other, str,urs Of mu,e.
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