The Underground World a Mirror of Life Below the Surface With Vivid Descripti
The Underground World a Mirror of Life Below the Surface With Vivid Descripti
Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896
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They worked with the greatest energy for two or three hours, and at the end of that time had removed all the fallen earth. But no Pat was there. Just as they were wondering what had become of him, he walked leisurely from his place of concealment, and thanked them for what they had done. At first they were inclined to be indignant, but finally con- cluded that it was a good joke, and a few drams of bad whiskey removed all differences. The danger of underground inundations is as great as that of... falls of earth. Water is constantly accumulating in a mine, and sometimes in such quantities as to defy all attempts to keep it under control. Miners have curious theories about streams of water which FLOODING A MINE. 451 enter the mines. Some of the English miners believe the earth is alive, and they compare the veins of water in the earth to the veins and arteries of the human body. Some- times they say, " When the water breaks into our working- places, it is the Earth which revenges itself upon us for hav- ing cut one of his veins.
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