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Show MINER'S REMARKABLE -ESCAPE FROM DEATH .... CALUMET, Mich., Aug. 30. One of the most remarkable escapes from death in tho annals of tho Lake Su-p&ior Su-p&ior copper industry occurred yesterday yes-terday at the Red Jacket shaft of the Calumet and Hecla minet when Mike B. Sunrich, n tinibcrman, in stepping from the repair cage to tho main cago, fell into the shaft. He fell 150 foot before lio grasped tho rope attached to the skip, saving himself from a fall of a mile to tho bottom of the shaft. His hands wero badly burned on the wiro rope, but otherwise he was unhurt. Sunrich was dangling from the cable when rescued. |