Salt Lake Herald | 1899-08-24 | Page 5 | Burial of Suffocated Miners

Burial of Suffocated Miners Special Correspordenee Momcur Aug 22Friends of Ilyrum Hickmami and Fred A Lineback who were suffocated in the Old BaltiC shaft returned re-turned yesterday from performing the last sad 0111cc for the departed lbs men had completed a contract cmi the Old Baitic and last Friday went to get their tools Failing to return that evening a search lag party went to find them It won found that in the bottom of the chafe which Is sixty feet deep was fitteen feet of foui air Evidently Lineback was the first togo to-go dawn and was overcome immediately by the toui air and feil some dmstance to the bottom of the shaft hickman had gone down to assist his comrade and shared the samo fate lipta were put aown and by the aid of a fire on the surface the foul air was drawn out and C MeEntire went down and brought up the bodies Lineback was lying in the bottom of the shoft ani Hickman on top of him as If in the act of trying to lift him Fred Lineback was a man about 29 years of age and his parents are old set tiers in Opnlr He was buried in the Ophir cemetery Monday Hyrum Hickman was about 9 years of age and his people live In Stockton lie was buried at Toocie cemeter