| Show MINING RELICS I 1 M ning oderal tons wei 0 canted carl led i lonin 0 in tins coundit I 1 tha the I 1 du duding diug to ll 11 aban inno dance da nee of evidence but bu i 4 1 in it th I 1 it s has bas equiller tho the lecent lr badt in cen with lie it t mini Doin nikO of loptin abc o were inere worked b tile ito in what y be tei med t C mat rier con i a dering ie r ingi their beir t foi fol it in soine 1 I ta era ern they ac ualle excy llad tal t al lenes fir fr drai draining nini p iopa es licitly three in les it in leng bd efty ali 1 t in gotheil ith viat r wrt wa ta ra e ed by mews at 1 1 cirri nc na it oner over reel McL eight 0 r of thee the e bane rec reel hotly leen teen found by the it insisi bibo a e emp employed loved in con forhing or hing in ir in 8 eld old tinny mine and alt all in a hiedi ate late of pre ei pi ration valion jl I ley IP at aie e tn ili de ide of wood the wheels and dieb ilia greatest preat cst strain would ie bt baini int of oak and the othar puts of rn rine it ills i e eli timatea mated that the tle heehs aie ate at leat 1500 I 1 isais old although tl it e od ii to in i i perfect stale state of pi eer ecer ovina to the be aler nater being bein di d it charged ich nith metallic salt I 1 including inc neali ludins ding thice of copi et and nen non it would it I 1 ear that the enill have leen aoi boiled moiled led bj b men inen on the treadmill pi pun in ciple ly standing stand iii uton ulon one side of it the NA caiet abet being ivied bi one iv i wheelin v to a laige lisin bisin and then lifted adoth er by a cecone one and then in the he sine way w by another not the leist interesting mailer matter in connection clion with the obedi d coveri is iz the otate in winch aich the w od nm 1 ha found ben wood nood I 1 la placed in nater vater or to it abode the de cay CRY is lather riep d ereain inkins by byn which hach it mi mt ba be kept for ages in a good stale state of pi enervation as sho via in the case of the st domingo dominici minta borne bome metallic refuse is 14 found een no v efficient for this put po e kian ivy an asing has long been in if a for present en t ling ak for and decay which is done by steeping the tile timber in a cor I 1 eosue ob I 1 e the of mel curI ui has also been lou aund nd an excellent of limber timber subjected to ohp action of waler it may razy al 0 I 1 ie a said that i whilst tho the romans knew how to pre seive e timber underground under the greeks also knew I 1 ow to keep it in a good state in their a athey did by chairing charring ch arring the tir timber riger before them in post bior so 0 o that iv leaie told that the beams al at wera were converted conver con vertel tei into charcoal by bythe ahe bum buin ing lava wl 1 I ich fell overflowed tl e city and after a lapse of moie than 1 00 isar learo iele found loundas as entire ab as if the 3 I 1 lad ad bean formed but ic the same property vas inas known even be fore thi till as I 1 he lart famous ious temple of fph asu was vas built on piles charred to pie ent them from front decad ibe history ot of ali the e past even in mining it appears af after ra a lapse of 1000 years anty be of to miners of tile lie present ae londo mi inq JOHI jow nal |
