﻿APPENDIX 
  G. 
  373 
  

  

  was 
  so 
  violently 
  shook, 
  that 
  he 
  imagined 
  nothing 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  engine 
  shaft 
  was 
  

   run 
  in 
  ; 
  whereupon 
  he 
  immediately 
  went 
  out 
  to 
  see, 
  and, 
  contrary 
  to 
  his 
  expecta- 
  

   tion, 
  found 
  the 
  shaft 
  open, 
  and 
  all 
  things 
  about 
  the 
  spot 
  in 
  their 
  proper 
  order. 
  

  

  Upon 
  inquiry, 
  I 
  was 
  informed 
  by 
  the 
  aforesaid 
  Francis 
  Mason, 
  that 
  in 
  afield 
  

   about 
  300 
  yards 
  from 
  the 
  mines, 
  there 
  had 
  happened 
  a 
  chasm 
  or 
  cleft 
  on 
  the 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  earth, 
  which 
  was 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  he 
  felt 
  the 
  

   shock, 
  for 
  the 
  following 
  reason. 
  It 
  lies 
  close 
  by 
  a 
  road, 
  which 
  he 
  uses 
  daily 
  to 
  

   and 
  from 
  the 
  mines 
  : 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  when 
  he 
  came, 
  there 
  was 
  nothing 
  uncommon 
  

   to 
  be 
  seen, 
  but 
  on 
  his 
  return 
  at 
  evening 
  he 
  observed 
  a 
  cleft 
  about 
  one 
  foot 
  deep 
  

   and 
  six 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter; 
  its 
  continuation 
  from 
  one 
  end 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  was 
  near 
  

   150 
  yards, 
  being 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  vein 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side. 
  When 
  I 
  

   examined 
  it, 
  which 
  was 
  upwards 
  of 
  three 
  months 
  after 
  the 
  shock 
  happened, 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  60 
  yards, 
  though 
  I 
  could 
  perceive 
  some 
  

   vestiges 
  of 
  its 
  further 
  continuance 
  : 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  it 
  was 
  about 
  eight 
  or 
  nine 
  inches 
  

   and 
  its 
  diameter 
  four. 
  As 
  the 
  soil 
  was 
  very 
  light, 
  and 
  the 
  season 
  has 
  been 
  re- 
  

   markably 
  wet, 
  it 
  is 
  highly 
  probable, 
  that 
  the 
  fissure 
  is 
  considerably 
  closed 
  since 
  it 
  

   was 
  first 
  made. 
  These 
  were 
  the 
  most 
  remarkable 
  circumstances 
  which 
  happened 
  

   upon 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  Though 
  my 
  enquiry 
  was 
  of 
  every 
  one 
  in 
  particular, 
  

   that 
  was 
  there 
  employed 
  about 
  the 
  mine, 
  the 
  concurrence 
  of 
  whose 
  testimonies 
  

   might 
  seem 
  more 
  strongly 
  to 
  confirm 
  the 
  account, 
  yet 
  I 
  look 
  upon 
  it 
  as 
  unneces- 
  

   sary 
  to 
  trouble 
  you 
  with 
  every 
  man's 
  story, 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  only 
  a 
  repetition 
  of, 
  

   or 
  something 
  similar 
  to, 
  what 
  has 
  been 
  before 
  related. 
  

  

  William 
  Hallom, 
  and 
  Jo. 
  Howson, 
  miners, 
  say, 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  aforesaid 
  time 
  they 
  

   were 
  employed 
  in 
  carting 
  or 
  drawing 
  along 
  the 
  drifts 
  the 
  ore 
  and 
  other 
  minerals 
  

   to 
  be 
  raised 
  up 
  the 
  shafts. 
  The 
  drift, 
  wherein 
  they 
  were 
  working, 
  is 
  about 
  60 
  

   fathoms, 
  or 
  120 
  yards 
  deep, 
  and 
  the 
  space 
  of 
  it 
  from 
  one 
  end 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  50 
  yards 
  

   or 
  upwards. 
  Hallom 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  drift, 
  had 
  just 
  loaded 
  his 
  cart, 
  and 
  

   was 
  drawing 
  it 
  along, 
  but 
  was 
  suddenly 
  surprised 
  by 
  a 
  shock, 
  which 
  so 
  terrified 
  

   him, 
  that 
  he 
  immediately 
  quitted 
  his 
  employment, 
  and 
  ran 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   drift 
  to 
  his 
  partner, 
  who 
  was 
  not 
  less 
  terrified 
  than 
  himself. 
  They 
  durst 
  not 
  

   attempt 
  to 
  climb 
  the 
  shaft, 
  lest 
  that 
  should 
  be 
  running 
  in 
  upon 
  them, 
  but 
  consulted 
  

   what 
  means 
  to 
  take 
  for 
  their 
  safety. 
  Whilst 
  they 
  were 
  thinking 
  of 
  some 
  place 
  of 
  

   refuge, 
  they 
  were 
  alarmed 
  by 
  a 
  shock 
  much 
  more 
  violent 
  than 
  the 
  former; 
  which 
  

   put 
  them 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  consternation, 
  that 
  they 
  both 
  ran 
  precipitately 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  drift. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  miner 
  working 
  at 
  the 
  forfield, 
  or 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  vein 
  

   about 
  six 
  fathoms 
  below 
  their 
  level, 
  who 
  called 
  out 
  to 
  them, 
  imagining 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  

   danger 
  of 
  being 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  shafts 
  running 
  in 
  upon 
  them 
  which 
  he 
  supposed 
  was 
  

   the 
  case; 
  and 
  told 
  them 
  if 
  by 
  any 
  means 
  they 
  could 
  get 
  down 
  the 
  shaft 
  to 
  him, 
  

   they 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  secure, 
  because 
  the 
  cavity 
  where 
  he 
  was 
  working 
  was 
  encom- 
  

   passed 
  with 
  solid 
  rock. 
  They 
  went 
  down 
  the 
  shaft 
  to 
  him, 
  where, 
  after 
  observing 
  

   they 
  had 
  neither 
  of 
  them 
  received 
  any 
  misfortune, 
  he 
  told 
  them, 
  that 
  the 
  violence 
  

   of 
  the 
  second 
  shock 
  was 
  so 
  great, 
  that 
  it 
  caused 
  the 
  rocks 
  to 
  grind 
  one 
  upon 
  

   another. 
  His 
  narration 
  was 
  interrupted 
  by 
  a 
  third 
  shock 
  ; 
  and 
  after 
  an 
  interval 
  

   of 
  about 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  minutes, 
  was 
  succeeded 
  by 
  a 
  fourth 
  ; 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  

   space 
  of 
  time 
  after, 
  by 
  a 
  fifth 
  ; 
  none 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  so 
  violent 
  as 
  the 
  second. 
  

   They 
  heard 
  after 
  every 
  shock 
  a 
  loud 
  rumbling 
  in 
  the 
  bowels 
  of 
  the 
  earth, 
  which 
  

  

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