Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1895 — A Miner's Experience with a Mule. [ARTICLE]

A Miner's Experience with a Mule.

Patrick Murray, of Perth Amboy, N. J., had an exciting experience a few days ago with a mine mule at Summit Hill, Pa., which he says he ill never forget. When he reached ue bottom of the slope and proceeded to explore the gangway, he attracted the attention of one of the mules, lie is at a loss to know what angered the animal, but the beast came for him at full speed, and Murray started for a ’heading” with nothing but a miner's lamp to guide him. It was a race for I life. The mule was rapidly closing the I gap, when the reached two mine cars. He plunged between them. The mule counterntarched, and began using his hind feet with ter rib e effect. He kicked the stout qak planks of the car into kindling-wood, and while ho was occupied in this manney Murray made hie escape, and returned to the surface.