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Show RIDE OF TWO NEVADA MINERS MIN-ERS IN A FLUME. A correspondent sends us an account ac-count of the perilous journey down the mountains of two Nevada miners, who made the trip in a mining flume. The flume is owned by Messrs. Mackey & Fair, and is located in the mountains near Cirson city. It is about fifteen miles in lengtn, leading from a lofty elevation down to the plain, and crossing in its course deep ravines, skirting terriblo precipices and chasms, and presenting many sharp curves. It is fed with water from Lake Tahoe, and empties into a creek near Careon city. Thia flume, said to be the longest in the world, is used to carry down timbers wbioh is cut on the mountains. There are several places in its course where the incline ia slight, and visi tors are occasionally treated to a short trip over these inclines in a boat constructed con-structed for that purpoae. The two men who took the trip were workmen, work-men, who some months ago conceived tho notion of shooting down the entire length of the flume. To carry out this fool-hardy adventure, tfaey constructed a strong boat, sharp at the bow and square at the stern. Ihe men describe the trip aa something some-thing terrific. The heavy'boat got a fearful headway, and the men had no means of stopping it. In shooting round the eurves thsy thought it would jump the flume, and precipitate precipi-tate them, into the chasm that yawned beneath. Dewn the steeper inclines the boat sped with more than expreei train velocity. The filteen miles were passed in less than eleven minutes! From the foot of the mountain to where the flume empties, the incline ia gentle, and here the boat gradually lost its terriflo headway, head-way, and at length glided smoothly into the creek. Unharmed, but scared almost out of their senses, the men stepped ashore, and one of them was heard to remark that he would not make that trip again for all the the silver and gold in Nevada. Harpers Weekly, |