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- The War on Rotting Spuds
A state agricultural expert warns farmers that the 1914 potato blight is more destructive than ever.
- Tragic Recovery at Ashford Mine
After four days, searchers reach the body of a miner trapped by a gas explosion.
- A Mine, a Mystery Blast, and $20,000 to Find Out What's Down There
The Conquest mine pumps out its flooded lower workings and bets big on a new season of development — but a strange underground explosion nearly knocks the crew off its feet.
- The Underground Opium Pipeline
A bold smuggling operation involving pack animals and stages ends in a Spokane arrest.
- Underground Prize Fight Scheduled Outside Seattle
Welterweights Charley Hall and Tommy Flynn have signed articles for a secret, high-stakes bout featuring bare-knuckle aesthetics and two-ounce gloves.
- The City Grants a Telephone Franchise
A new 25-year contract outlines the city's control over telecommunications infrastructure, requiring underground conduits and free service for city officials.
- Prehistoric Forest Unearthed Beneath Seattle Streets
Construction on the south sewer tunnel reveals evidence of a buried forest floor deep beneath the city's surface.
- Wild West Chaos in Black Diamond
A gambling dispute at an unlicensed saloon in Black Diamond spirals into a shootout, narrowly missing local schoolchildren.
- The Underground Prison Ring
Warden Catron uncovers a secret society of convicts at the Walla Walla prison, suspected of plotting to smuggle in opium.
- Expansion of the Red Light District
A notorious district on A Street is set for expansion as a developer secures permits for a new subterranean 'house of ill-fame'.
- The Secret Underground Boxing Ring
A reporter hides in an attic to witness a clandestine sparring match while the city maintains a facade of propriety.
- The Scandal of the Sandberg District
City council members launch a blistering investigation into a protected 'vice syndicate' they allege is forcing hundreds of women into a restricted district.
- The Underground Path to Puget Sound
A look at the porous maritime border between Victoria and Washington Territory, where the business of smuggling Chinese laborers flourished despite federal exclusion laws.
- The Fight for Cheaper Calls
City council debates regulating telephone rates and forcing lines underground in a push to modernize Seattle's infrastructure.
- Alone in the Tunnel: A Mine Superintendent Is Overcome by Gas and Not Found Until Morning
James Pecola, longtime superintendent of the Edison and Washington-Iowa mines, went back underground after supper to check two misfire holes. The gas got him first, and the crew did not miss him until Sunday.
- The Backroom Shuffle: Seattle’s Underground Gambling Revival
As the century turns, whispers circulate through the city that the illicit gaming houses are preparing to reopen, fueled by rumors of local political complacency.
- Corporate Lobbying Against Miners' Eight-Hour Day
A major mining company pays to bring immigrant miners to Olympia to lobby against the very labor protections intended to help them.
- A Coal Mine Burns Beneath Black Diamond
Mine No. 12 is sealed and pumped full of steam after an underground fire. Superintendent Morgans gives it two weeks to prove it can ever be worked again.
- The Electric Well
A routine repair at a Hanford well turns into a brush with death when a frayed electrical cord nearly kills a man deep underground.
- The Birth of the People's Party in King County
Third-party organizers convene in Seattle to challenge the status quo, demanding labor protections, women's suffrage, and the expulsion of Chinese laborers.
- The Great Walla Walla Water Heist
City officials discover a massive, clandestine system of secret pipes siphoning irrigation water into the municipal supply.
- City Hall Battle Over City Wires
A fiery public confrontation between the Mayor and the City Council leads to the death of an ordinance designed to move unsightly and dangerous power poles underground.
- The Ghost of the Underground Railroad in the Pacific Northwest
A peculiar rumor spreads through Seattle of a coordinated, clandestine effort to relocate thousands of Black Southerners to Washington and Montana.
- The Underground Economy of the Slot Machine
A Tacoma counterfeiting case reveals the grit of early 20th-century labor disputes and the petty warfare waged against the city's machine-room owners.
- Tapping the Hidden Valley Water
A consulting engineer advises the Walla Walla city council to look underground for a water supply, comparing the Mill Creek valley to a 'huge sponge.'