Underground Worl
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共 72 段- BLUFFS AT DUBUQUE, IOWA.—THE LEAD MINES.—HOW LEAD IS FOUND
- A great portion of the wealth of the globe lies beneath its
- America to-day is of far less importance as a coal producer
- The bore-hole was less than an inch in diameter, and was mad
- The man travelling by it must be very watchful. He must pass
- The city of Potosi is more than two miles up in the air; tha
- 2. Gould & Curry.—Extended from the surface to the depth of
- The mine is nothing more or less than a mountain of iron. It
- Submarine armor consists of a water-proof suit, completely e
- Probably the best mining school in the world is at St. Peter
- Hackmen are bad enough everywhere; but I think the perfectio
- Certain houses which in American cities are visited by steal
- We went so near to the fire that I lighted my cigar at the f
- At the cave of the Cumean Sibyl, where the Emperor Nero and
- The ruins were never taken away, and they were only for arch
- The great vein, or _Veta Madre_, is referred to elsewhere, a
- The great savant, Prof. Agassiz, describes them as follows:
- He went and came safely. Next day the warriors went out to b
- There is little or no reason to doubt that the earliest exca
- An expedition starting in winter for a journey of ten days w
- The sixth apartment abounds in figures carved in ivory and w
- Until within a few years, admission to the Catacombs could b
- Another couple, who had been married a number of years, and
- The immense fortunes made from petroleum speculations were a
- My companion wanted to sit down on the foot of the stairs an
- The diamond must first be dug from the earth, and if we only
- That evening he was again at the gambling-house, and rallied
- Some of the stories told about the diamond finds are decided
- There are resorts, and not a few, in Paris, of a more privat
- There were several men working in their shirt sleeves, with
- From the managers to the humblest workman, everybody connect
- The greatest cave known on the globe is the Mammoth Cave of
- There are numerous streams in the cave, the chief of which h
- “The detective had a long search for the widow, and visited
- General Haupt, who became famous in the late war as a bridge
- At places during the ascent we had some fine views of that p
- “At the commencement of this century the sewer of Paris was
- “This patrol had just visited the crooked gallery and the th
- Men and animals employed about the Smelting Works are saliva
- A writer on China says, that about this time “the coolie tra
- Most of the dead were buried on a knoll overlooking the Wyom
- “Two miles or more from the station, we reached the house of
- They were absent one, two, three weeks, and finally their fr
- [Sidenote: YIELD OF GOLD-PRODUCING COUNTRIES.]
- All the fortunes made in California mining operations have n
- A year or so after this line was chartered, another scheme w
- This enormous cost for land would be wholly saved in New Yor
- As a general thing, miners do not devote much of their time
- At length, after being distracted by doubts and fears, after
- The gaming saloons are governed and regulated by a stock com
- The Princess Suvarroff, also a Russian, is one of the notabi
- After an experience of both kinds of entrances, I greatly pr
- “My wife supplied her with clothing enough to save her from
- Blue and green sapphires, spinels, topazes, and other gems a
- Out on the street once more, and we lost our guide, who was
- The discoveries of gold in California in 1848, and in Austra
- The amalgam obtained in this way is generally liquid, but it
- “The copper ground that we have been describing having been
- Everything is organized and licensed in Paris, the chiffonni
- “When they stopped the coach,” continued the traveller, “I w
- One garrulous old fellow used to be full of mystery about th
- From the Atlantic Ocean there are two entrances into the har
- THE STONE AGE.—PICTURE OF ADAM AND EVE.—HOW EVE CUT THE
- Some other transactions of a kindred sort have come to my kn
- Few persons have any idea of the extent of this commission b
- Now and then some of the members of the imperial family of A
- In many coal mines there is great danger from what the miner
- It is not at all times proper to dismiss a complaint when ca
- Most of the witnesses were of the unattractive lot, and as t
- Such recurring calamities as visit these unblushing negotiat
- We had about five miles to run before reaching the batteries
- I would not heed him. My opposition was aroused, the spirit