Show MINING WITH A BALOON novel scheme of a prospector ii in a tha colorado canyon prescott Pr escoll journal Jovi wil miner to descend hundreds of feet into the earth in search of the hidden treasures of mineral wealth supposed to be b a C concealed on ce aled there is no uncommon thine thing in fact is to the natural way of mining ini 8 0 keep rest however promises to revolutionize the old fashioned way of mining and has bag under consideration now a prospecting tour by means of a baloon ilia schema scheme as outlined to a journel man is substantially as follows rich carbonates have baen found in cataract canyon in a blanket ledge while the ledge is accessible access able at the upper end cf the canyon owing to the steep of the canyon toward the colorado river when near the latter point the ledge ia is locate about 1200 feet above the bottom of the stream gt roano and is consequently inao inac ces ce saable sable by all ordinary means the question of reaching it by means of ropes from the file top of the almost perpendicular cular walls of the canyon lave have been an discussed and pronounced impracticable sir mr rosa rose ha accordingly arranged with ith aeronaut howard to visit wabe the canyon in october A large balloon will be inflated in the bottom odthe of the canyon and secured by ropes there to prevent its escape v when hen it is proposed to inflate it and make the ascent to a point in the walla walls of the canyon where the ledge is and a foothold worked into it from the balloon after the work is airey fairly airly commenced the balloon will be used only ai an a means of conveying them to and from their work the experiment ia is a new now and novel one and while in the ordinary mind it looks impracticable rees and howard think it practicable and expect to make their fortune t there th ore they I a baloon and will lave eave it divided into sav ui 6 eight e com pImente any one of which W when inflated being capable of carrying a mans weight this will be done as a precaution in in case of accident as having the airship strike against the rocky walls of the canyon the raising power of the baloon will not be totally destroyed |