(Note: Fahr-Kunst. First used in the Harz Mountain mines.)
“Then you’ve seen more than one?” cried Gwyn.
“More than one, sir! I should think I have!”
“And they do go well?”
“Oh, yes, sir, they go well enough after a fashion.”
“Can’t,” cried Joe.
“But they do, sir,” said Dinass. “I’ve seen ’em and gone down deep mines on ’em.”
“Now you didn’t—you went down twelve feet,” said Joe, more stubbornly than ever.
“Yes, sir, twelve foot at a time.”
“And then came up twelve feet.”