| Show I I I I ENTOMBED mED MINERS IN EL ELY Y That the tho most niost heroic efforts aro being ma made e to 0 save pave the time lives lI of or the three en en- en d miners minors at tho the Giroux Consolidated properties at EI Ely Is Ig vouched for by the thc latest Information obtainable from the tile scene of action The Tho work Is li fraught with many perils and It Is 18 feared that more 11 lives I may be lo lost t In the effort made to save savo these men on the foot 1000 level Je of ot the mine The following follo Interesting account of or tho the work that was being carrIed carried car car- ried tied on Sunday end and Monday Is given in inthe tho the White Pine News So So grave Itra aro are conditions on the 1000 level lC of or tho time where the three mi miners minors ml- ml flora nors are ar who lived h the c witt wid i n. n V Wednesday lla morning In itt III I haft huft that the most competent r i i 1 time the entire Robinson district hn tin railed called Into service from the time to p. f b by tho the GIroux Gl GI- GI roux i upper company compan to aid aidIn aidIn aidin In Its Us efforts on el tho the shaft and amid rescue re Bo Boyd d McDonald and Bailey Thoro Thero was a shortage f of oC miners possessing pos pos- the proper qualifications for tho the work vork of or rescue for or a few hurs SlInda Sunday morning but that difficulty was quickly I removed when word ord was wa sent out that men were were- needed and the time work was re retarded retarded re- re but a time There Thero our arc men Inca working constantly constanty constant constant- ly iy y on top lop of or the he iii fill In the tue shaft at tho the top of or the ca Those These men are aro now working but four tour hours to each shift and andare andare are pa paid d 5 3 per por shift Tho shortage of oC men Sunday morning was caused b by exhaustion cx- cx of those who had hind been laboring laborin on shifts In 10 the tho shaft shatto this exhaustion be being belog bl be- log ing hastened b by the tremendous nervous strain Incident to o the tho f The progress of oC the rescuers for 01 tho the first half hair of or yesterday was er very slow because of oC th the dangerous ground In which the they were working It was necessary to back lagging Jagging with manure straw ha hay hayand hayand and rags to keep tho the line material from rein sitting Into tho the bottom bollom moro noro rapidly than the they could clear It 30 1 away This sifting sitting of fine material added greatly to tho time danger of oC further sUps slips of hea heavy materials This danger was overcome o b by th the care with which the tho men inca were worked arid and after timbers were ere placed In position firmer ground was reached From then on the shifts made better headway though the they ate aie compelled to continue continuo work with the greatest caution Tho The men on the tue 1000 l level cl are still sUIi In communication with th the surface by tele tale phone The They sa say that they have ha not yet ct begun to feel Ceel discouraged having absolute absolute absolute lute confidence In the men who are in charge of the rescue gangs and feeling that their Imprisonment will be reduced ed b by beer er e every minute that It may be tIe In human p power el to save e They rhey say they are aro In III good spirits spirit that thai th they are arc comfortable and that the they are satisfied to b be alive o and to have htwe escaped death drath along along- with their two less Jess fortunate companions They are aro exercising regularly rE walking back and forth on ott the station and In the I l drifts It t. t and are arc taking th their lr meals I r regularly One man Is h kept on watch I duty ditty at all nil times the time other taking turns turn In sleeping and In exercise They have 1 I made no effort to NIU In Investigate atc conditions In Ini i tho time bottom of or tho time shaft Fine dirt and andi i small mall stones are arc constantly sifting and ana andI anaI I I falling ailing past the 1000 tram from rein the mass t sus suspended stis- stis R- R In iii and they are careful I I not to leave lea the time protection of or the station I The Th station and the shaft are filled 1 with clouds of oC dust caused by the Iho sitting i of th the dirt down the shaft and tile tho men Inch menI I 1 wh n close dose to the shaft cannot a. a so sn heI he- he j I CAU cause O of or this Th sir air pumps are workIng working work- work i Ing re regularly sending tho the men nien pl plenty nt of or orI fresh air limit hill time the current thus obtained Is not sufficient to el d clear ar the atmosphere phora I of or dust duaL which is time the mot mon disagreeable feature they have ha yet found to contend with The men on the 1000 level are arc confident conn- conn dent ent their two companions OH os the time 1100 were ere Instantly killed by the rocks and timbers that r foil fell 1 at t the tho first crash Even Eyen if It thA the the- had ilai only been Injured the they could not have o escaped with their lives c as the they would have hav b been en crushed or buried beneath the d debris that hs continued continued con con- tInned to fall fail The Tho foot 1000 station In Iii which th time I survivors ur are waiting for or liberation Is th the most heavily timbered station In lit the I mine The men have no f fear ar that disaster disaster ter tel will come to them th there re unless ss there i should hould be a of repetition the fir first t catastrophe catas cutas- I wrecking the tho entire mine mimic I Superintendent E W V. Walters Waiters has h becalm direct charge of or the tho work almost almo t I constantly since his r return turn from rom rein Cobre Immediately tel following the disaster ster and receives high praise praiM from the tho miners miner of or orth the tho district for tor or his perseverance and Indo Indo- In the work of oC rescue For the men entombed the outlook has ha brightened by the lowering to them of ot food supplies In quantity sufficient for the tile needs of oC weeks As R R. precautionary measure th these supplies will vIll be added to steadily through h the tile connecting pipe the tIme themen themen men on the 1000 storing them In the drifts of or tho level Jevel Thc They will thus b bp be provided against starvation In the event f the connecting connecting con con- pipe should b by any reason be bo put putout putout I out of nC commission I Tho shifts shirts working In iii the shaft are arc In peril b by reason of or dan danger er of or a slip from or the time mass on which they he ar are working loosen loosening hI and falling failing to the 1100 level Such uch protection against this danger as aR I Is possible is II being secured through I the use of oC stringers from which th they y are The mon men are now at et the OO level and until the they reach the will mU willbe I be working under tho the greatest p possible I difficulties because of or momentary p peril rlland and the tho exceeding care necessary In or ord order order or- or d der r not to violently disturb the mass ng on which the they arc are or time the walls of or the shaft At the tho they reach heavily timbered ground round In lii which the tho dan danger er will b be greatly great great- ly Iy Ic lessened sen d If lC these timbers have not been torn tom from the top b by th the falling debris debris de de- de- de bris brig the work from front there on down to ta the bottom of oC th the fill iii wherever that ma may be will be he much more rapid and far tar less dan dangerous crom The big hll problem Is to hold the ground behind the lighter timbers from tho the to the GOO a t task which Is going to 0 tax to the utmost time the mining skill and nerve nelVe of oC every man engaged I I |
