. Book of the Royal blue . lESTERN TUUNPIKE Hartmansville. Every outing brings one in when the stump was removed the earth fell contact with the miners, either in going to in and let in the daylight—I heard one of the work or returning, tired and begrimed with miners say to another, Do not cut any honest toil. They take the dangers of farther. That place is very thin and may their calling with the utmost philosophy. fall in. I thought it was prudent to move We never know when we go in, said out into daylight after I had looked and seen. one of them to me, whether we are goingto come out. That
. Book of the Royal blue . lESTERN TUUNPIKE Hartmansville. Every outing brings one in when the stump was removed the earth fell contact with the miners, either in going to in and let in the daylight—I heard one of the work or returning, tired and begrimed with miners say to another, Do not cut any honest toil. They take the dangers of farther. That place is very thin and may their calling with the utmost philosophy. fall in. I thought it was prudent to move We never know when we go in, said out into daylight after I had looked and seen. one of them to me, whether we are goingto come out. That or the next day alump of coal came down unexpectedly,knocked this same miner over, and left himwith a cut in his temple. Only two daysbefore this four tons of the roof of a roomcame down at Elk Garden and killed a that the great black column, called thestump, that was supporting the roof wasgetting close to the last fall-in. Thework through the veins is done in longavenues and transverse rooms. In theWabash mine, near Hartmansville, the veinis so managed to support the roof of the ON THE ALLEGHANIES 11 mine to the best adxantase to work thecoal out. Finally, a point is reached wherepropping will no longer sustain the under-mined roof and it falls in. As thisprocess begins, a certain grating, grumblingnoise is heard above the miners head,which call the miner heeds, and retreats to a Miners are not the only interesting peo-ple encountered here. The sang-hunterhas yet his place, and I met one in a lonelygorge, who gave me wonderful
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