As soon as the long, tarred safety match was laid, it was lighted on a level with the ground.

James Starr and his companions then went off to some distance.
"Oh! Mr.Starr," said Simon Ford, a prey to agitation, which he did not attempt to conceal, "never, no, never has my old heart beaten so quick before! I am longing to get at the vein!" "Patience, Simon!" responded the engineer.

"You don't mean to say that you think you are going to find a passage all ready open behind that dyke ?" "Excuse me, sir," answered the old overman; "but of course I think so! If there was good luck in the way Harry and I discovered this place, why shouldn't the good luck go on ?" As he spoke, came the explosion.

A sound as of thunder rolled through the labyrinth of subterranean galleries.

Starr, Madge, Harry, and Simon Ford hastened towards the spot.
"Mr.Starr! Mr.Starr!" shouted the overman.