Show TAPS HEARD AS AS RESCUERS URS 12 Feet of Rock and Dirt Still to Be Removed to Reach the Six Victims ARE FORCED TO PROCEED S SLOWLY OWL t May Be Late Le fore ore f Trapped Ped Me Meik Lib Lib- crated Air Pip SAN FRANCISCO April 20 AP R. R. R C. C Storrie Co contra contractors tors for forthe the Bucks Buck's creek tunnel in Plumas Plumas Plumas Plu Plu- mas county where six men are en entombed entombed entombed en- en received word over the thelong long long distance distance telephone today that one or more of the m men n could be I heard calling for help through the theair theair theair air line The The calls could not be distinguished distin clearly but there is no doubt that hat they were human voices The rescuers had but ten feet to togo togo togo go go when the message message was was received and there were hopes that all of the entombed men would be bo found ali aliVe alie e. e QUINCY Cal CaI April 20 AP AP- AP Three distinct taps were h heard ard to today today today to- to day by the rescuers rescuers who are nrc digging away the cave in that entombed six miners miners' Saturday night In the Grizzly Creek tunnel The rescue squad had twelve feet of rock and dirt to remove before they reach the place in the tunnel where the miners were working The rescue crews crews crew are are proceeding carefully because of the possibility of ot finding some of the slide victims In the twelve feet that remain to tobe tobe tobe be pierc pierced d. d Due to to these pr precautions ca and the necessity of timbering against more slides it probably will be late hate to today today today to- to day before they reach the cham chamber chambes bet betin in which the men were trapped QUNICY Cal Cat April 20 AP AP- AP Rescue crews were ma making ing steady progress early today In boring away the foot fifteen mass of rock which separated them from six miners entombed en en- Rd in the tbs Grizzly Grizzle Cr Creek ek tunnel since since last last aa Saturday In in which Oc the rs' rs was wa caused by mud pockets in what was I thought to be solid granite forma forna- tion A foot seventy foot pack of sj snow V ort oil the summit of the mountaIn mountain moun moun- tam tain through which th the 1800 foot bore was being made seeped through ugh fissures to unloosen the rock and mud and c cause use the cave- cave in In The men were caught several hours before their plight was discovered discovered dis dis- covered at midnight Saturday Failure to reach the men last night caused some some officials of the Feather Feath Feath- er River Power company to give up hope of finding the men alive D Doctors Doctors Doc Doc- c- c tors mingled with art undertaker at the mouth of the bore today The undertaker was was summoned during the night nigh t. t The most optimistic view for findIng findIng finding find- find Ing the men alive when the barrier barrieri i is broken some tIme today w was s based on the fact that an air pipe has been working since it was started started started start start- ed when the plight of the men was discovered A continuous run-off run of water waler has also been evident This is taken to indicate that the point where the miners are held had had hadnot not filled with water and drowned its victims When completed the tunnel is to tobe tobe tobe be used sed to convey water from the Bucks Buck's Valley reservoir to a power plant at t Tobin a point on the Feather river verL |