Cherry Coal Mine Side View Tower Tipple Main Shaft Cages Main Shaft First Vein Air Shaft Big Bottom Second Vein Stables Third Vein Little Bottom Fan Escape Shaft Stairway Ladder Air Shaft Cage to Third Vein
Cherry Coal Mine Second Vein Top View Looking Down Main Shaft East Runaround Trap Doors Mule Stable Sump Escape Air Shaft West Runaround
CHAPTER 1 Hunting September 10 1909 My nose twitches I am on the scent of rabbit on the brush and quail in the tall grass The rab bit trail winds into a mound of thorns When I poke my head underneath the branches the perfume of ripe blackberries makes me drool I pluck a few from the ends with my teeth until the thorns prick my ears and I scuttle out Then I catch another smell It’s sharp and heavy and I don’t recognize the critter The track zigzags into tall grass and I follow it Finder’s a straddler like Daisy was a voice says behind me That means he works with his nose to
