#wheal grace

[lifewithaview]

Poldark (2015-2019) S2E4

An epidemic sweeps through the county and Dwight is grateful to Caroline for providing him with a cart-load of fresh oranges to combat it. Ross meanwhile is thwarted in his efforts to expand the mine, thanks to Warleggan and his proxy, Tankard. To provide finances he strikes a deal with a local smuggler to use his beach to land cargo on, much to Demelza's annoyance. Ross also goes into partnership with Francis, despite Warleggan's attempts to split them up, and they open up the mine gaining access to Wheal Grace. Demelza gives birth to a baby boy, Jeremy, which goes some way towards reconciling Francis with Verity.

[legopoldark]

The Angry Tide, Book One, Chapter 10

Zacky was on the way up and met Ross at the 20-fathom level. ‘Tes no use going further, Cap’n. They’re coming up. We’ve cleared both main lodes. The few who’re on the thirty level are in no danger.’ ‘Loss of life,’ said Ross. ‘Are there some drowned?’ ‘Tis hard to be sure, but certain tis little or none. The alarm were given in time.’ ‘God rot those Maiden workings!’ said Ross. ‘We should never’ve gone for them.’ ‘Who was to know? Mines is strange creatures. She was always known as dry. Your own father was constant in saying so. … ‘Where did it break? Where Sam Carne and Hoskin were working? Are they safe?’ ‘Hoskin’s up. Sam’s down but coming up. According to what I d’hear tell, twas him going down through the water to the lower level that gave the main tributers time to get out. They say three minutes more – even one minute – would’ve been too late.’ ‘Then who’s lost? Anyone missing?’ ‘Two, I think.’

Dwight had been found at home and was attending to minor injuries in the changing shed beside the engine-house. Demelza was helping him, as were Mrs Zacky and three other women. … Ross squeezed her arm but did not speak. ‘The lodes – both lodes … they’re flooded?’ ‘Totally. But that can be seen to in time. Our old fire-engine will have to work the harder. It will be a loss of weeks – perhaps months. But it’s the lives I care about … Where’s Sam?’ ‘He had his arm dressed and he went home.’ ‘They say we owe a lot to him.’ ‘I’ll go thank him tomorrow.’ ‘We’ll both go,’ Demelza said.

[latefajr]

i’ve missed this moment

[legopoldark]

Warleggan, Book Three, Chapter 4

‘What is it, man, what is it?’ ‘A stull’s run, sur, and filled all the bottom with deads! Jack Carter’s just give the alarm. He d’say there’s four, five trapped. The others is coming up now!’ ‘Some hurt?’ ‘Aye, half of ’em or more.’ … Three or four more men had come out, but they waved Dwight away – nothing serious, scratches or bruises – and many had stayed below, some to tend the injured, others already beginning to dig. As they spoke, Ross arrived. Dwight could see from his expression what he felt. Every day the great cavity above them created by the hasty mining of the tin had grown larger. It had not looked too bad a risk. There had been some hasty shoring up which might well have sufficed. Other mines had taken and were taking similar risks. Often such gunnies existed for twenty years without collapsing. But the luck had been against them and the work had caved in. With it had fallen thousands of tons of rock, burying the lode deep and the men as well. Two men were killed by the fall and three seriously injured. All the work at the bottom of the mine had collapsed. … Midnight was past before the last two survivors were brought up, and it was soon plain to Dwight that Joe Nanfan was near death. … Dwight did what he could, administered laudanum, and bound up the abdomen to give it support.

Ross did not come up all night, and Demelza was not unaware of the dangers of a further fall. While others took it in turns to dig, he remained below. … At nine Ross came up, having been below thirteen hours. He had no energy and no speech left. They had been unable to recover the two others, and the water was slowly rising. … On the seventh of May, Wheal Grace officially closed. There was nothing much else that could be done. It would take six weeks’ work to remove enough of the debris to reach the lode again. Twenty fathoms of pumping gear had been destroyed. Two hundred pounds would not set it working. Ross was not sure that he even wanted to see it working again. It had cost the lives of three men. It had been an ill-wished venture from the start. On the ninth of May he received a letter from Elizabeth.

[legopoldark]

Jeremy Poldark, Book Two, Chapter 22

She couldn’t tell what he was thinking—anymore you could tell what a lot of those smiling-faced people were really thinking behind their smile—but she could usually tell what he was feeling, and she knew now that he was not displeased with the outcome of the afternoon’s business. When Henshawe had gone, he was more cheerful than he had been for a long time, much more like his old self. She realised more clearly than she had ever done before the need that Ross had for some continuing activity of mind and body. He was essentially a person who wanted to be planning and moving ahead, and however agreeable he might find the life of a country gentleman under its most favorable conditions, in poverty and frustration the life was intolerable. Further, the unseen but oppressive influence of the Warleggans was something that sooner or later must produce an explosion. If this business that was now afoot provided some sort of a safety valve, she was thankful for it.