Dallas ; " I hope nothing has happened." " No," said the man ; " one wife, she quarrel with me ; two wives, they quarrel with each other ; me peace ! "
Underground Workings
In the face of constant developments I can only describe the system in use at the time of my own visits in 1896 and 1905. Shafts are sunk in the solid rock at a sufficient distance from the pipe to be safe against reef movements in the open mine. In 1903 the rock shafts in the De Beers and Kimberley Mines reached depths of 2076 and 2599 feet respectively. Tunnels are driven from these shafts at different levels, about 120 feet apart, to cross the mine from west to east. These tunnels are connected by two other tunnels running north and south, one near the west side of the mine and one midway, between it and the east margin of the mine. From the east and west tunnels offsets are driven to the sur43
