ATDDTA(10) Slipped Skip To Center, and more [271]

[bekah]

That would feel like a very bad drop -

and as I read focusing on Lake,  I'd wondered what the Avenging 
Angels and ex-Danite posse riders were.   I guessed pretty close but 
this is better.   Thanks.

Bekah

At 6:26 AM -0700 5/29/07, Keith wrote:
>"it was beginning to feel like being in a skip that had just slipped 
>its cable, heading for the center of the earth" [271:14-15]
>
>In mining, a skip is "an iron bucket, which slides between guides, 
>for hoisting mineral and rock."
>           --Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)
>
>Image: http://tinyurl.com/3arjxy
>Detailed description: http://tinyurl.com/34acp6
>
>It is more likely the reference is to "man-skips" which were used as 
>mine shaft elevators. In Cripple Creek you can catch a ride in one 
>on your *ATD Summer Vacation Tour*. A trip to the earth's core is 
>prevented because "both man-skip units are equipped with spring 
>loaded safety dogs that spring close clamping onto wooden skip 
>guides if cable tension is lost."
>http://goldminetours.com/mkminetour.htm
>
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>"ex-Danite posse riders" [271:24]
>
>Vigilante Mormons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danite
>
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>""Avenging Angels," which were typically Civil War-vintage Colts 
>with the barrels sawed off short" [271:25-26]
>
>For examples, scroll down to "Crazy! Colt Cut-off and Wacko Pistols"
>http://tinyurl.com/2f2rc2
>
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