with a waxed end, the miner quietly smoking…
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

with a waxed end, the miner quietly smoking a pipe while the crude surgical operation was being performed. A Mexican who had also neglected to sign the pledge, fell down a seventy-five foot shaft, where he remained all night. In the morning he attracted attention by singing, “We won’t go home till morning.” A rope was lowered and he was pulled up, only slightly hurt.