Show ElEVEN CALIFORNIA MINERS CAUGHT FAR THE SURFACE BY fLAMES Skip Jammed and Could Be Neither Raised Nor Lowered I Slight Hopes of Rescue Jackson Cal Co Nov 30 One of the greatest calamities In the annals of mining in this country occurred at the Fremont Consolidated mine near Dry town own this afternoon V The employee as usual were wen hoisted from the under underground ground round works at noon At 1 ocl ck the first skip containing thirteen men was lowered In the Fremont shaft shan Reach Reaching ReachIng ReachIng Ing ng the level volumes of smoke moke smoke were encountered showing th t the the he mine was wason on fire The T e skip became Jammed at this point and could neither be hoisted nor lowered It ft is supposed s to o have been thrown off the track by byone byone byone one of the men being overcome by smoke moke and falling against the front wheels of the skip V Two Escaped Two of the men aboard got out and climbed limbed to the surface by means of the he ladder way The T e other oth r eleven were In n the mine at last accounts It is believed beli ved that all aU have perished Great volumes of smoke have been rising from rom the th shaft ever over since An attempt was made to reach the th imprisoned men through the Gover Cover shaft batt several hun huna a dred feet distant from the Fremont It I Is a part of ot the Fremont Consolidated mine and the two twoS shafts at nt the level V The rhe rescuers got as far ta as s the 00 foot level but could go no no further on account acco nt of the smoke Four of ot the imprisoned men are Americans four tour Italians and three Aus Austrians Austrians Austrians No hope lope is in entertained entert that any are now alive Steps are being b ing taken taku tak n nto to close up the mine airtight and ex extinguish eje extinguish the flames in that way The Fremont Fr mont is largely owned by Goodall Perkins of or San Francisco and has been on a dividend paying ba ha basis basis hasis sis Slight Hopes At 10 tonight the fire is la not burning so fiercely and some sonie hope is I entertained that the entombed miners may have hav got into a long drift away from the shaft and fire and will yet be rescued V Munger Goodall Good ll with a large force of miners mine fi on each level from the Gover Cover side aro are making every effort to stop the fire tire and get to the entombed mi ml miners nets ners |