. Siberia and the exile system. a S5 S4<4 « a« « CO is < A uo a s H uneven floor of the gallery, stepping now and then into ahole or splashing into a pool of water, and imagining foran instant that I had tumbled into an abandoned shaft. Inone place we passed a very extensive excavation, out ofwhich the ustdvshchik said an immense body of ore hadbeen taken as long ago as the middle of the last century. THE SILVEK MINES OF NERCHINSK 311 A vast area of roof had been left supported by quadran-gular piles of crossed logs, which were so black from lapseof time that they were hardly recognizabl
. Siberia and the exile system. a S5 S4<4 « a« « CO is < A uo a s H uneven floor of the gallery, stepping now and then into ahole or splashing into a pool of water, and imagining foran instant that I had tumbled into an abandoned shaft. Inone place we passed a very extensive excavation, out ofwhich the ustdvshchik said an immense body of ore hadbeen taken as long ago as the middle of the last century. THE SILVEK MINES OF NERCHINSK 311 A vast area of roof had been left supported by quadran-gular piles of crossed logs, which were so black from lapseof time that they were hardly recognizable as wood, andin many cases so soft that I could take pinches of rot-ten fiber out of them with my fingers. This part of themine the ustdvshchlk said was regarded as very dangerous,and he did not think it prudent to go any farther. Fromthe point where we turned to retrace our steps black, irreg-ular caverns could still be seen stretching away in every di-rection—some upward, some horizontally, and some down-ward at a steep
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