CHAPTER XI
BILLINGS AND SKIP
Joe Brace did not appear to think there was much to fear from the late rioters, so far as the possibility of their making an entrance through the old shaft was concerned.
"This end of the gallery is pretty well filled up already," he said, "an' with a few loads of slate it can be shut off entirely, more especially after the doors are barred."
"It is not from that portion of the mine that I apprehend any trouble. Look here," and Mr. Wright spread on the desk before him a plan of the workings. "At this point you can see that an old drift runs parallel with, and not more than three yards from our lower cut. The veins probably come together farther on."
"It wouldn't take a man very long to work his way through," Joe said, reflectively.
"And not knowing where an attempt may be made, it will be very difficult to prevent mischief."
"Unless the old shaft should be guarded."