Show ENTOMBED MEN AT GIROUX MINE CHEERFUL Cheerful and hopeful the three miners entombed in the Alpha shaft at the Giroux mines are awaiting their libera liberation tion by the heroic men who are tolling toiling night and day above aboe them says Satur Saturdays Saturdays Saturdays days Ely El Mining Expositor The rescuers are In more peril than are the men imprisoned by the thou thousands thousands sands of tons of ot rock and earth for should such s ch another run start which is likely to happen at any minute certain death will willbe willbe be the portion of ot those game fellows who stripped to the waist are working like madmen to rescue their companions from the livin tomb tamb The entrapped men are in no danger of perishing so long as the over overflow overflow flow pipe which was used to carry wa water water Water ter to the surface from the level remains intact Through this pipe food and water are lowered In vessels made of pipe cut six Inches long with caps screwed on each end Two men are kept constantly constantly v on a windlass lowering these vessels filled with food and water and hoisting them up again when emitted by b the men below The food and water are re being stored to insure a sufficient supply to last the men until they can be liberated In case the pipe should become detached from the pressure of the ground on the side of the shaft on which the pipe is fastened which It appears has ha not been seriously disturbed yet Two weeks at least will be required to reach the men through the mass of debris Aside from fram removing the im immense Immense immense mense amount of earth and rock It will willbe be necessary to catch up the loose ground as the shaft is opened a task re requiring requiring requiring quiring great care and skill and one which a practical miner only can fully full appreciate |