Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1903-11-12 | Page 1 | Old Stope Has a Bad Record

GD j t tJohn John CHristy Killed Mine Jine by a Fall of ocR Near Where Murphy and Sullivan Met N Death Several Years Year Ago Ayo I Special I to The ft Herald J JE ir Utah Ut h I use ov EUREKA E was carried r d down Into I the Bwl h t Bullion I Beck Beek mine by u cave CAW of or sock nock an which wW k kI I I he was standing a few low minute after ter er this morning morn In He wall w burled I under r a pUe of earth and broken tim I Ihen i hers hen A anna peng of men has been starch search starching I 1 tag ing for hint him all aU day da but up to midnight 1 had been unable to locate the tw body i l The men have ha e no hope of finding linding Him I alive I II I The cave cae occurred on the level In block 4 about abo c Q feet north lof I of the shaft Christy was u examining I the ground round with the Intention of Oft taking kill killa a louse lease l Jerry Murphy who was work werk lug ing in the same ame tope slope between t w n the i and aDd foot levels had bad a narrow es e cape tom from being beD carried down by the fatting falling rock Murphys M a father Peter and nd Dennis Sullivan a fore foreman foreman man of oC the k mine miDe were t both bath killed kilted several years ago within It u a afew afew few fw feet of the place where Christy met his hie death The tope stop is an old one I and pd d has hall been caving for some ine time The Thern searching party has hag been obliged to work ork with extreme caution in order to avoid other fatalities The place where f re Christy ty stood was considered safe at however and several leasers lea passed over ov r the th ground und every day go going going ing lug to and coming from their work Christy ty was about 45 years old and leaves lea ve a wife and one or two wo young youn children His family went to Spring viSe viDe a couple of days day ago and an the mine authorities have not been able to locate them