The Underground World: A Mirror of Life Below the Surface, with Vivid Descriptions of the Hidden Works of Nature and Art, Comprising Incidents and Adventures Beyond the Light of DayAustralian Publishing Company, 1879 - 1016 halaman |
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... took but little care to construct drains or support the subterranean ways , and they took no precaution whatever against explosions of fire - damp , which often proved fatal . Their working of mines to - day is in the same barbarous ...
... took but little care to construct drains or support the subterranean ways , and they took no precaution whatever against explosions of fire - damp , which often proved fatal . Their working of mines to - day is in the same barbarous ...
Halaman 44
... took some rods of iron and fashioned them . into a rude grate . " Now , " said the Yankee to the Quaker , " build a good fire of wood , so that it will fill the bottom of that grate . " The Quaker followed the directions , and when the ...
... took some rods of iron and fashioned them . into a rude grate . " Now , " said the Yankee to the Quaker , " build a good fire of wood , so that it will fill the bottom of that grate . " The Quaker followed the directions , and when the ...
Halaman 81
... took him up in their arms to carry him to the slope , but he never reached it alive . He died in the arms of his comrades . Mooney , who is severely wounded , is expected to recover . He played the part of a hero in the unselfish manner ...
... took him up in their arms to carry him to the slope , but he never reached it alive . He died in the arms of his comrades . Mooney , who is severely wounded , is expected to recover . He played the part of a hero in the unselfish manner ...
Halaman 100
... took a piece of the ore away with him , as a curiosity . Being in California , shortly after- wards , he gave this curiosity to a gentleman in Grass Valley , Nevada County . This gentleman carried it to be assayed , and it was found to ...
... took a piece of the ore away with him , as a curiosity . Being in California , shortly after- wards , he gave this curiosity to a gentleman in Grass Valley , Nevada County . This gentleman carried it to be assayed , and it was found to ...
Halaman 102
... took him several weeks to arrange a suitable plan . He arranged a system of " timbering in square sets , " which is still used in all the mines of that region . Timbers were framed and kept together in the shape of cribs , which can be ...
... took him several weeks to arrange a suitable plan . He arranged a system of " timbering in square sets , " which is still used in all the mines of that region . Timbers were framed and kept together in the shape of cribs , which can be ...
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accidents Bastile beneath bottom Brazil cache caisson canal carats carried Catacombs Catacombs of Paris cave cavern cellar century coal Comstock lode coolies darkness death depth descended diamond discovered discovery earth engine entered excavations famous fifty fire five France French gallery gold Green Vaults ground guano half head Herculaneum hole Hoosac Tunnel hundred feet Indians iron islands Jean Valjean journey known Kohinoor labor LENOX light live Mammoth Cave miles millions miners mines Mont Cenis Tunnel mountain mouth Naples nearly never night obtained ordinary Paris party persons Pompeii pounds prison pump quicksilver railway reached Regent diamond River rock rope sand sewer shaft side silver sometimes soon stone story stream surface thousand dollars TILBEN timbers tion told tomb tunnel underground vaults walls wine workmen yards YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Halaman 760 - Dead, long dead, Long dead! And my heart is a handful of dust, And the wheels go over my head, And my bones are shaken with pain, For into a shallow grave they are thrust, Only a yard beneath the street...
Halaman 949 - You, as foreman of this grand jury, shall diligently inquire and true presentment make, of all such matters and things as shall be given you in charge ; the counsel of the people of this state, your fellows...
Halaman 760 - XI 0 me, why have they not buried me deep enough ? Is it kind to have made me a grave so rough, Me, that was never a quiet sleeper ? Maybe still I am but half-dead; Then...
Halaman 775 - The whole country, from San Francisco to Los Angeles and from the seashore to the base of the Sierra Nevada, resounds with the sordid cry of 'gold! GOLD!! GOLD!!!
Halaman 523 - However, little by little, whether that some distant airholes sent a little floating light into this opaque mist, or that his eyes became accustomed to the obscurity, some dim vision came back to him, and he again began to receive a confused perception, now of the wall which he was touching, and now of the arch under which he was passing. The pupil dilates in the night, and at last finds day in it, even as the soul dilates in misfortune, and, at last, finds God in it.
Halaman 949 - ... but you shall present all things truly as they come to your knowledge, according to the best of your understanding. So help you God...
Halaman 529 - Behold him waist deep in the sand. The sand reaches his breast ; he is now only a bust. He raises his arms, utters furious groans, clutches the beach with his nails, would hold by that straw, leans upon his elbows to pull himself out of this soft sheath; sobs frenziedly; the sand rises; the sand reaches his shoulders; the sand reaches his neck; the face alone is visible now. The mouth cries, the sand fills it — silence. The eyes still gaze, the sand shuts them — night.
Halaman 123 - Necos, who succeeded him upon the throne. This prince was the first to attempt the construction of the canal to the Red Sea, a work completed afterwards by Darius the Persian, the length of which is four days' journey, and the width such as to admit of two triremes being rowed along it abreast.
Halaman 867 - Gate, which being a narrow passage, there runneth a violent stream both upon flood and ebb, and in the middle lieth some Islands of Rocks, which the current sets so violently upon that it threatens present shipwreck ; and upon the flood is a large Whirlpool, which continually sends forth" a hideous roaring, enough to affright any stranger from passing any further...
Halaman 775 - The whole country from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and from the seashore to the base of the Sierra Nevada, resounds to the sordid cry of gold ! GOLD ! ! GOLD...