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The Underground World

by Thomas W. Knox

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Contents
  3. 3I — Below the Surface
  4. 4II — Discovery of Coal
  5. 5III — Borings and Shafts
  6. 6IV — Accidents in Shafts
  7. 7V — Silver Mines and Mining
  8. 8VI — Silver Mining in Nevada
  9. 9VII — Speculations in Nevada Mines
  10. 10VIII — Mines and Mining Enterprises of North Africa
  11. 11IX — Adventures of Divers
  12. 12X — Russian Mines and Mining
  13. 13XI — A Day in Pompeii
  14. 14XII — Vesuvius and Its Eruptions
  15. 15XIII — The Caverns of Naples
  16. 16XIV — The Excavations of Dr. Schliemann, at Mycenæ (Greece)
  17. 17XV — Mexico and Its Mines
  18. 18XVI — Coral Reefs and Caves in the Pacific
  19. 19XVII — Burglars and Burglaries
  20. 20XVIII — The Earliest Excavations
  21. 21XIX — Experiences in Wild Life
  22. 22XX — The Green Vaults of Dresden
  23. 23XXI — The Catacombs of Paris
  24. 24XXII — Petroleum
  25. 25XXIII — Wine and Beer Cellars
  26. 26XXIV — The Bastille
  27. 27XXV — Diamonds and Diamond Mines
  28. 28XXVI — The Diamond Fields of South Africa
  29. 29XXVII — The Under-World of Paris
  30. 30XXVIII — The East River Bridge
  31. 31XXIX — The Inundation at Lalle
  32. 32XXX — Perils of the Miner
  33. 33XXXI — The Mammoth Cave
  34. 34XXXII — Insurance and Its Mysteries
  35. 35XXXIII — Railway Tunnels
  36. 36XXXIV — The Mont Cenis Tunnel
  37. 37XXXV — The Parisian Sewers
  38. 38XXXVI — Mercury
  39. 39XXXVII — Guano and the Coolie Trade
  40. 40XXXVIII — Avondale
  41. 41XXXIX — Iron and Iron Mines
  42. 42XL — Exiles in Siberia
  43. 43XLI — Lead Mines of Iowa
  44. 44XLII — Mining in the Black Hills. The Wonderful Mine Under Lake Sup…
  45. 45XLIII — California and Her Terrestrial Treasures
  46. 46XLIV — Rapid Transit in New York
  47. 47XLV — The Tunnels, and the Underground Railroad in London
  48. 48XLVI — Dungeons
  49. 49XLVII — Animals Under Ground
  50. 50XLVIII — Out of Prison
  51. 51XLIX — The Gambling Hells of Germany
  52. 52L — Gaming and Gamesters Abroad
  53. 53Li — Subterranean Dwellings
  54. 54LII — Brigandage as a Fine Art
  55. 55LIII — Mineral Resources of Australia and New Zealand
  56. 56LIV — Underground in San Francisco
  57. 57LV — Gold and Its Uses
  58. 58LVI — Gold Mining
  59. 59LVII — Copper and Copper Mines
  60. 60LVIII — The Catacombs of Rome
  61. 61LIX — The Parisian Rag-Pickers
  62. 62LX — Brigandage and Piracy
  63. 63LXI — Buried Treasures
  64. 64LXII — Operations at Hellgate
  65. 65LXIII — The Early History of Mankind
  66. 66LXIV — Diamond and Other Swindles
  67. 67LXV — Perquisites
  68. 68LXVI — The Wieliczka Salt Mines
  69. 69LXVII — Explosions in Mines
  70. 70LXVIII — Mysteries of the Grand Jury
  71. 71LXIX — Borrowing and Borrowers
  72. 72LXX — Among the Detectives
  73. 73LXXI — War and Prison Adventures

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