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Show BODIES OF W0 MINERS FOUND AT TUNNEL BOTTOM Special to Tho Tribune. EUREKA, Feb. 20. The dead bodies of two miners, Calvin McFato and Jako Hodge, were fpund lying in tho 600-foot 600-foot tunnel of tho Iron King mino this morning when tho day shift went to work. Tho bodies were badly mutilated muti-lated nnd from indications tho mon had bored into a "missed holo" and received tho full forco of tho explosion. explo-sion. The dead men wero found by John Shea, who with McFate, had taken a contract to work 200 feet deeper into tho tuuuel. The tragedy occurred somo time during tho night. McFato and Hodge. wero about 30 years old, and had resided in Eureka tho greater part of their lives. Hodge 1 is survivod by a wife. j |