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Show MINE FIRE ALLOWED TO BURN ITSELF OUT TONOPAH, Nev, Nov. 2 Ctf"V Stalemated by a shortage of water, officials of the Belmont silver mine let a fire In the lower workings burn Itself out today. Mine officials said the Belmont shaft probably would be permanently perma-nently unworkable after the flames destroyed timbering, and expressed fear about 14,000,000 worth of timbering tim-bering In connecting shafts might be reached by the fire, which started Tuesday. Other mines with connecting shafts are not being worked at present because of the fire hazard. |