. The cattle queen of Montana . r the preservation of those sacred rights and customsand the maintenance of these the Montana Vigilantesbanded togethe 190 THE CATTLE QUEEN OF MONTANA. CHAPTEK XVII. Hareis Gulch—An Accident in the Mines—A Trip toSt. Louis, Mo.—Return to Bannack, Mont. Among the miners at Harris Gulch were two brothersnamed Lindsley whose claim was but a short distancebelow the spot occupied by my little log cabin. Theirmine like the others in that vicinity was worked by meansof the action of water, or, as the miners would term it, thehydraulic process. From a large reservoir lo
. The cattle queen of Montana . r the preservation of those sacred rights and customsand the maintenance of these the Montana Vigilantesbanded togethe 190 THE CATTLE QUEEN OF MONTANA. CHAPTEK XVII. Hareis Gulch—An Accident in the Mines—A Trip toSt. Louis, Mo.—Return to Bannack, Mont. Among the miners at Harris Gulch were two brothersnamed Lindsley whose claim was but a short distancebelow the spot occupied by my little log cabin. Theirmine like the others in that vicinity was worked by meansof the action of water, or, as the miners would term it, thehydraulic process. From a large reservoir located far up the mountain sidethe water was carried to the spot at which the mine wassituated in a large canvas hose, about six inches indiameter, and as it passed through a small nozzle, wouldbe directed upon the bank of the mine where work was inprogress. The action of the water as it was thus thrown with suchterrific force upon the bank of dirt would soon underminea large portion of the hillside which would cave to the. HydrauLc MiLini;—Sluice Boxes and Canvas Hose. A STOKY OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE WEST. 191 gulch below where it was then treated for the separationof the minerals from the earth. While thus engaged in work one of these brothers wascaught by a caving bank, while his brother was absentfrom the mine, and lay for some time pinioned to th eearth by the bank of rocks and dirt which had fallen uponhim. The accident occurred in the morning, and aboutthe middle of the forenoon I started, as was my custom, tovisit the working miners with a lunch. As I neared the spot where the unfo rtunate man lay Iheard his groans and at once hurried to his side. He layupon his face in the midst of a small pool of water, theearth piled high upon his lower limbs and his back soweighted down with the caving rock and earth that it waswith the utmost difficulty that he could keep his head frombeing forced into the pool in which he lay. I at once opened a small drain and allowe
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