"HAUNTED" MINE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7506, 13 September 1902, Page 4

"HAUNTED " MINE.

COURAGEOUS OFFERS TO "ALLA^ THE SEiRiT." The.weird^ noises,, the mysterious' waving of- a lamp, and the appearance pf a dove, •which constittitet the ghost of the C'wmcas mine, Gpidorrwg^ - Walft?,; still ie^ main unexplained, and the rSitiers refifse tb descend to their work. In. close; proximity.. there,. are some old workings which have beoome Hooded^ and the belief exists that at any. time the water may burst through,, which, wonld.mfian cerr tainrdeath-tp-eli "W^kpg )? e IPF! ; Offers are being received, by the niiners' agent frpm ? all oyer the- couptry "to_ allay the Spirit^ at^Eg: jgujch per he§d.-" ; ;. 'Ihe. story ipt a,ys6rniei^ appaxitien.r.in a, niine close to Giyncorrwg is nopr being rer lated. In this dnstapce t^.e cpiliers were terrified by strange p.ois£s_ and mysterious visions, and for a. long time jthey „^ypuld only, move about in Vgangf. ..JEy^ntuaJly two. wag?) with more -.epurage ; than thplsr fellows, went into the level 'ea,rly oneniprn* iogiVFtth. % v 4pn^v a rid- left it ih the dark «t*unnel. At a later hpipr the ojiners. cape along as usual -prith. i^eif ifwtepis., and Nedldy, sighting the lights, . miade a" rush for them, with the result th&t the nairiers tumed^Ml . .^ t Jbelt^d tjwrpMtdcken to ? wprds the inputh of the level,' hird pressed by. the donkey. '. "' * ■ .-: '-; -.--. ~'.~k **' ?F3 Q .^epfijply destf pyed . the -ghost f«ifs ig g[e locality for some timk • V .-_,.__ '•[■■_ - '■ -,