Show t TRACING CAUSE OF COAL MINE DISASTER every effort still is being made mad e to trace out the exact cause of the castle gate coal mine dis disaster aster of the ath instant supervising e engineer engineer ng ineer of the and nd while daniel harrington Harring tony united states bureau of mines B W dyer dye r chief mine inspector john crawford state coal mine inspector frank N cameron vice president a and nd g general cre manager of the utah fuel company and R M mcgraw genera general 1 superintendent have issued of the united states fuel company a preliminary report tentatively tracing the cause of the disaster no positive conclusion has yet been reached in the preliminary report issued on the it is said an exploration party composed of experienced state and government officials and coal mine officials made a thorough examination of the sixth left dip entry in the castle gate no 2 min mine e and found evidence that the origin of the explosion in no 2 mine may have been at the face of no 2 room in this entry there were also certain conditions which might later on a thorough examination of other parts of the mine change the opinion of the exploration party the indications are that a small amount of gas had been found in this room by the fire boss on his second daily examination and in attempting to remove this gas it was ignited by coming in contact with an open light all the rooms and entries in this level including the working faces appear to have been well sprinkled and the usual precautions seem to have been taken and it will not be possible to make a definite decision as to the cause of the disaster until a thorough inspection of the remaining portions PO rations of the mine has been made which will require several days |