Anna Chapin Ray

Name: In Blue Creek Cañon — 4. On the Cross-Head
Author: Anna Chapin Ray

In Blue Creek Cañon — 4. On the Cross-Head (1892)

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“In Blue Creek Cañon — 4. On the Cross-Head”, published in 1892, is a work by Anna Chapin Ray. It explores elements such as Charlie, bucket and Everett.

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 4. On the Cross-Head (1892)

“ Everett quietly. "You needn't be frightened, for it's happened before. All is, the cross-head has caught, and the bucket is going down without us, and taking the rope with it. Have you a steady head?"
"I s'pose so," said Charlie lightly, for, in his ignorance of mines, he had no idea of the possible danger of his position.
"Very well; can you turn around and step down on the beam that's just below us?" returned Mr. Everett, still speaking in the same calm voice, though with the brevity of a captain giving his orders on a field of battle. ”

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 4. On the Cross-Head (1892)

“ Any of the men in the office can take you through it, as well as I can; but I don't let strangers go into the mine unless I'm with them. We're going to put in a new cage, next month," he added casually, as they drew near the shaft.
"What's that for?" asked Charlie, to whom cages and their construction were a mystery.
"Safer, and can carry more," answered his host concisely. "These cross-heads and buckets are slow work. A two-deck cage will do the same amount in much less time, and there's no fear of their catching, as these do sometimes." ”

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 4. On the Cross-Head (1892)

“ I knew 'twould go, sooner or later; but I didn't feel so sure that we could get off in time."
"Then it's done it before?" asked Charlie, in no wise moved by the knowledge of his past danger, but, boy-like, rather enjoying the novelty of his position, halfway down the shaft of the mine, and lodged like a fly on the wall, with only a narrow beam between himself and a fall of four or five hundred feet.
"Once," answered Mr. Everett, amused, in spite of his anxiety, by the boy's coolness. "It killed four men on the cross-head, and the one in the bucket ”

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 4. On the Cross-Head (1892)

“ Everett. "It slides free on the rope, and rests on the fastening of the bucket. Now you see how we bring up the ore."
"But do we have to go down in that thing?" inquired Charlie, drawing back in disgust, as he surveyed the grimy, dusty bucket before him.
"Not unless you prefer it," Mr. Everett answered, laughing. "It's against rules to ride in it; and anyway I usually go on the cross-head, myself, for the bucket reminds me too much of Simple Simon. Step on here," he added, as the crude elevator sank down until the upper beam was on a level with the surface of the ground. ”

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 4. On the Cross-Head (1892)

“ Everett just now, and he told me that, if I'd get over to the smelter at three, he'd let me go down the mine this afternoon."
"O Charlie, take us with you," begged his cousin, starting up, forgetful of the fact that she was still without one shoe. "I've never been, and I do want to go, so much."
"Can't; girls aren't invited," said Charlie heartlessly. "He did say that he'll take us all at once, though, as soon as they put the cage in, next month; but he doesn't like to take but one at a time, on this thing they're running now. I wish you could go, for 'twould be lots more fun." ”

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 4. On the Cross-Head (1892)

“ Ned might be a little too peppery for a steady diet."
"I never thought you'd turn a cold shoulder to Ned," said Marjorie, shaking her head over Allie's defection. "Charlie's very nice and gentlemanly, and all that, but I don't believe he has half Ned's pluck. Do you remember the time he sprained his wrist falling off his pony, way up the gulch, and wouldn't tell of it till we were home again? I don't think Charlie Mac would stand that kind of thing long. There's no special reason he shouldn't be agreeable; we've all of us tried our best to make him have a good time." ”

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 4. On the Cross-Head (1892)

“ He felt very small and insignificant, as he stepped inside the enclosure, with its array of great buildings, mammoth chimneys whence rose the smoke from countless and undying fires, and its throng of busy workers. ”

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 4. On the Cross-Head (1892)

“ That's one reason we're going to put in a cage. Now," he went on, resuming his tone of authority, "don't you try to move, and, above all, don't look down. I'm going to get round to the other side, where I can reach the bell-rope, and signal the engineer to bring up the cross-head again."
"Not walk around on this beam!" exclaimed Charlie, as his interest changed to genuine alarm, for he realized that such an attempt was a very different matter from standing quiet and holding on by the upright timber between them.
"There's no other way," Mr. ”

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