Show CAVE IN AT VICTOR N amna NINE ITT THE ANNA LEE mini MINE probabilities tire are that they fire are dead rescuers are working but it way may toka take days to neach them victor colo jan 4 A terrible accident occurred about noon today at the anna leo lee mine ol of the portland company on battle mountain nine men have been caught in a big biff cave in and are in all probability dead tho the names of 0 the miners working in tho the lee shaft are W V E F loane assistant superintendent thomas IT sheldon jim hancock cock pat mee jack mallory joe Dins 11 alike mcguirk thomas Ilar harnan one unknown mane loane sheldon and were gone ing down in the cage when the cave in occurred they were in the cage between the third and fourth levels NY hen the shaft pinched it il Is possible th that a t they have bave been thrown into on one of 0 tt the lo 10 are safe sac but no aidt ings can be had front them A rescuing harty went in a shaft on an adjoining wine which was connected with the anno anna lee T iw but lound found the connecting tunnel filled with dirt rocks and broken lim bors it Is expected that many hours and perhaps days will bo be required to reach the entombed miners andrean and meantime the rescuing party la Is in momentary danger ot of being caught in a second slide the cave in began thirty live five feet front roni the top of 0 the sham and the debris has baa filled a great part of thol tho shaft the anna lee Is about SOO feet beet deep A great amount of 0 work will therefore be required not only to clear tho the shaft in order to make a passageway to the tha levels but also to make a way into the stations and then to tho the stores tes which are also included include il in the cave in tho the cause of the disaster cannot be definitely stated but it Is known that the limbers were insufficient to sustain the great weight both lateral and perpendicular to which they have been subjected about two weeks nao the shaft abaft on the tha lee shrunk to such an extent near one ot of the stations that tile the cage on which there were three men would not pass down the engineer reversed and brought the men back this was the first indication that the workings were closing in and efforts wore were made to remedy the trouble the of disaster were at work replacing the old timbe rings |