Show IT T mm CAST GAIE GA f fF F HAVOC WROUGHT IN INMane INT i T T M NINE Min Mane Equipment Wa Was Was Badly dy Wreck Wrecked ed Theory That Tt Dust Dt Wa Ag By a Shot Shot Castlegate March The excitement of ot the people owing to the te mine disaster dIster of ot last lat evening has ha somewhat abated abate yet et etIs It is the subject of ot conversation converston among oil all nI the miners as a to the te probable cause Superintendent Sharp Shar and State Mine In Inspector I InSpector Corner Gomer Thomas homa were in to we i day looking into the matter mater There are I three shifts of or men working diligently in clearing up the mouth of the mine while another anoter gang went up to Gentile Gente gulch I where there is an escape way w They found foud on arriving there tere that tat the flames fames had been ben forced with such su h pressure from the te mouth of ot the escape wily way that they tey cov coy covered ered the entire entre width the te canyon and andset andset set fire fre to te on the other side oter and directly direct opposite the rocks rock had un derne a a change in their appearance owing to the intense heat het One o of the themen I Imen men forced force his h is way through the te escape I way Wa and came out of the te main man entrance a distance of ot nearly two miles mUes On his hs coming out he be reported a fearful havoc havo having taken place with wit the haulage ap The main hoist was wa hurled ap 5 feet teet from the foundation and totally dis dismantled dismantled mantled Some of the te Inner in r joists were badly used up Mining cars cr and ad props as a thick as a a mans body were smashed into slivers rails and other Iron material were bent out of all al shape Nearly all al the were blown blow out this thi work must most be done don over so as to get tion ton into the te mine to remove the te black damp There is every ever reason to hope that thata a large lare current of air will wiil wil be drawn into the main mai in a few few days das and then ten more men will wi be put in to assist asit In clearing away the te debris debr Everybody has a different theory teor as to the cause of the explosion Some think that tt It I wa was done by b the dust being agi agitated agitated by a quick shOt sh t and ad a a backward ag shot being fired fred into it It This Th theory teor is i the most plausible one and Is entertained by the most practical miners |