Opening
THE
UNDERGROUND WORLD:
A MIRROR OF
LIFE BELOW THE SURFACE,
WITH VIVID DESCRIPTIONS OF THE
HIDDEN WORKS OF NATURE AND ART.
COMPRISING
INCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES BEYOND THE LIGHT OF DAY.
INTERESTING SKETCHES
OF
MINES AND MINING IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD—CAVES AND THEIR MYSTERIES—FAMOUS TUNNELS—DOWN IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. VOLCANOES AND THEIR ERUPTIONS—PETROLEUM—UNDERGROUND LIFE OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS. SUBTERRANEAN WORKS OF THE ANCIENTS. BURIED TREASURES, ETC., ETC.
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED.
BY
THOS. W. KNOX,
Author of “Overland through Asia,” “Life and Adventures in the Orient,” “Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field,” “The Boy Exiles,” etc.
HARTFORD: THE J. B. BURR PUBLISHING CO. 1877.
COPYRIGHTED.
THE J. B. BURR PUBLISHING CO.
1877.