Show IN MINE D disastrous IS MINE EXPLOSION tn IN NEVADA consolidated COPPER PIT mair man aid ard eight laborer Labor crt blown tj ti bits by explosion ely er apy al 11 cook or of roanoke no anolie va here two ears a po der min m in of the nevada nerada consolidated copper company copper flat pit and seven austrian austrians and one greek were in scantly killed sunday when nhen a load lr ii a drill hole ith several hundred pounds ot of black powder and a large quantity ot or dynamite exploded one of the austrians escaped death C B phay a drill operator fifty foot aw away ay was hurt by flang fl ing rocks but not seriously the cause ot of the premature elpio slon la Is unknown it was caused poa dos sibly by hot cinders from a passing engine on another pit level or care in handling the explosives the accident occurred next to the top level there are seven levels averaging sixty feet one above the other cooks body was partially dismer bared and was identified by the clothes remaining and tho the card found therein he lie was blown 1000 feet from the middle of the pit he ile wae wag soon to quit and return home the remains of a few parts of the others were identified the pit where the accident occurred Is 18 sixty feet deep below the entrance alle the west side rises more than feet churn drills precede the steam shovels the holes are drilled and shot to loosen the ore sometimes a ton of dynamite and black powder Is charged in one hole |