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Show T (tl. MINK CIIIIC IICItMM! I'OU IMSI sTV lilts I.A.KtllD 1'b Jan -I Them-mou Them-mou mine rire which haa been raging rag-ing now fur more than ality jeara and whl. h i.uried at Hiimmlt 1111. mtar the M."t where Phillip fllnter dlactiv-eted dlactiv-eted anthrailte coal In I7l, ha l.nrn.il through the Immenee ron-l I eli null whlth the tttlgh Ciatl ami .Navigation omuan aank In front of Ml de, p iwn Iwlo lite earth aeyaral ar ago at a natt of more than n mllll. n dollato It I now Ihteateti-1 Ing thi mammoth vein In Panthre1 Creek Valle) the latget and tliheet vein of anthrailte In the world The wall which wa unk Inln the ground to a depth of a Imtntixl ft wa a hundred and rift) reet lliltk. or aolld nimrete. and eftpert lielleved I that the ubterianean Ore would nev-j er eat through It but that It w uld prevent It Horn preadlng anv rur- ither and eventual!) extlngulah It The fait that the flames have eaten through thl huge harrier ba cauVetl grave fear among thlglt Coal and Navigation offd lala. who are now put-ling put-ling forth every Mebe effort In prevent pre-vent the fire from getting Into the vatrt lied or anthracite in Hie vlelnlt). Heveral btrge forte or men are nt woik drilling hole deep Into the .earth and Into thtae opening water and luh I lo Ing nreil dlrettl) on I the mi liter ra liean fire In the hope of , preventing a rapid npread If Initio.-Mble Initio.-Mble to eMlngtilh It Alnstd) thl lire ha det.lti)ei million or dollar' worth of nml while tin alxtv year light to ivtliimil.il It hit in,l i nor- III. I UK KUII1. |