Show MINING ON THE CONSTOCK COMSTOCK rehearsal or of to few of nt she itea of rf inala of the adil water to to be guarded gold hill newt I 1 the great met with nud end ly by the miners in the develop went of the lov lower lovala of 0 mo ilo Cou coulstock istock can caa over bo be fully understood or ampro coated by the outside out BiLlo public for instance how bow many rite thero there who understand fload abe be for forca exerted by 9 ground that will till crush timbers 16 inches square to splinters in ft a single night eight soil sad coia close A drift nor effectually during of ft biogio shift as bo faro yet such is ia often bo be case nod and the men oro com compelled polled to W work ork contin continually nally lot for weeks to keep a drift open Y for us uso or to con dock air la in other I laces lito miners iro are often compelled to labor in a nt it moo phera of 0 super superheated heated steam ranging isom from 1 10 to degrees do grets fahrenheit la in such places there is iao ala lonya more or lose water almost hot enough to scald the flesh seeping from the ho roof aides and faco face of the drift ulich creates a vador so BO dense that bat lights used ed by the iho non men can bo be at a distance disla aco of of only a tow few foot fact yet nion man anat dig di Z b not and burrow their way it all without over a thought ol of turning taming back in ta many ky places the minors are nr obliged ti bink s limits for or week nt it time ith ont at ever boeing booing the bo bottom bot om of ild khaet tho the drilling bloating bli Kling and ox on yet 0 U of the r rock ock all taing lg ta ing dono done below tha lui bur r face of tho the balau water valor there aro are ruady n y ealco lilacs on tho ilia lower choro tho the ecat iii to so intense that tho the miners taho t A 0 bornn of from five to ton in tk tho to face of a drift and thou thon dropping their toola bacek a cooling room mado tight coa gh to contain the ho fresh air sent from the ho surface clero thoy they test rest tho the remo kongth of timo time and then hen return to 0 take ak the ibo place of their xii comrades thus they labor during a shift ebitt of elx all and flom times eight hours mon men at work on tho the lower levels in ia these hot pences never wear mr more then ban a short pair 0 of drawers ando 0 of soma omo light toll nin lonal and a pair of shoes to protect the iko foot feet the ibo rout rest of the alio body is 13 loft perfectly nudo dodo dionori of power ara em cm plowed to drive the iho nir air from tho the our aioo coira long pipes mines this volume of nir air when started ii a 1 l perfect whirlwind which grad rad bally dies out en as it traverses Ira verBea the heated pipes and loses ill force until when it reaches bid it la relly lin liti 98 a coo cooling ng property pro porty la laft I 1 to matiy many tons of lea tiro are use daily to labor our miriem miti eif winter a and nd sum summurr io in order to burdish a palatable table drink for the bo minors lai acra it is sory to uso use engin cis oud bud a power and capacity ilot chains CM 10 lonich diak engineers from other portions of ala horld in a largo proportion of 0 our mines it in necessary afur the heavy pumping nirie pu machinery to tho the bottom of a perpendicular 1200 shot 1500 1510 loot to thou then carry it ou on down an luchner haac t of 45 4 degreed 1000 or laoo feet further the bobat I 1 aug ug machinery in uso u for raising and lowering n g the workmen has been improved sod odil nindo ai becaro nud and palo tie na the guiod of man can contrive but is often ran mo fib at a rate of speed in ID hoisting nuil aud lowering that bat to lo unused un to ouch buch slit noss of motion creates when descending into it mine anno the impression ind anti feeling of an actual faila loun check being mado just at the lust eat critical moment to land ad thIL them foat their la in mine liko like those ol of the consolidated virginia Virgi oin sod and california boro abere largo large bodies of oro aro mined tho lift vacant by the extraction ol of the oro is i filled with wilh solid timbers limbers 11 14 and lc inches in in size BIZO leaving booy aply narrow passage lajb a lot for tho he bolme work raeD and d car cara in lb he st of abo be or oro to the bait this although very costly cosily is 11 a feces sita bit in order to secure tho mo mine miao against caving and protect the ho lives of 0 tho the labor ere T all uch such mines aro are obliged to employ watchmen whose buinis bui niB 88 it 19 18 to sea that no BO shall accidentally or glenve a lighted candle where it can start a conflagration A firo fire in a MIDO creates a deadly ens 6 which will till in ia a minutes miu uloa time limo late the strongest man floods of water often burst suddenly ioto into drifts completely flooding a liuo no nud sometimes adjo ilaug as was waa tto ito tema caso a fow few months unco since iu in ilo hale norcross Nor croba bs and mines im moose caya aro are liable to occur 1106 ting works borks moy tako fire nod aud luru burn up sadden redden explosions talo place anda and a thou aada d other casualties tin add 1 etro to likely to occur which makes the ilia lifo life of a minor ono of continued danger ond hardship harJ sLip cind and tho elo cost aud and risk of 0 min ono ODO of the iho roost most ard outi occupations followed by civilized civili cd mon IT is bafo to brodict that bo namo nama ot of rao postmaster will ever again decorate an electoral ciket neither party parly will tulle a of hobo spasms which seized it on that in order to honor a 50 it giai ha como come within tin ace of being defeated it LAs haft resulted rn in ia bringing briDgi og the sub bob cot prominently before tho ilia country aal led cd the poopoo to ask it if there hero is not dot a little littie too touch postmaster |