Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1901 — Sink Hole Sinks No More. [ARTICLE]

Sink Hole Sinks No More.

It is believed that at last the Monon Company has got the better of the far-famed Klondike Sinkhole, just north of Cedar Lake. For nearly three months a steam shovel has been loading cars with dirt, and 25 or 30 men have been unloading it into the sink hole. The work has gone on every day except Sundays, and during that time it is estimated that 6000 car loads of dirt, 125 cars of stone and 250 cars of old ties and old bridge timbers have been dumped in and disappeared from view. The original track and big trestle work over the sink also went down into the innards of the earth along with ihe rest of the stuff mentioned. The sink hole is about 350 feet long, and the amount of material dumped into it would make a solid embankment as long ps the sink and 60 feet wide and 60 feet high. The track has been relaid and the work train has been running over the sink for some days, and it was expected that the regular trains would begin running over it yesterday.