| Show PARlETTE MINE DAMAGE HAMAGE CRIED AT TO 1 U Deluge Completely Destroys Destroys Destroys De De- De- De V Workings At Mine I Damage Damage estimated at from 8 to was caused and three men narrowly escaped death Sunday at p p. p m. m when a twelve-foot twelve wall of water from froma a cloudburst completely destroyed destroy destroy- ed d the workings at the Gi Gilsonite onite mine south of My Myton ton Ny B. B cha fermeyer hoist manat manat man manat at at atthe the mine saw the huge black bla blackcloud blackcloud cloud ud traveling in the direction of the mined minel Because of the early hour only two men were at the bottom of the shaft at the time and at the hoist hans han's warning came to the surface at once The men quickly secured the hoist bucket in the opening of the shaft and corked around it with sacked gilsonite e. e By the time they had finished finished approximately I approximately ten minutes th the w water ter which came roaring down the Parlette gulch was up to their waists Mr Ml f fermeyer r unable to run to safety had to climb the derrick to escape es escape escape es- es cape the flood Sweeps S Timbers Away The flood circled the brick engine engine engine en en- gine room running into the windows windows windows win win- dows and swept into the old mine workings taking with it planking plank plank- planking ing anti and soil which had been used to cover th them m. m The force of the confined water and the debris it carried took all props and planking planking planking plank plank- ing front ron the present shaft which is 1100 pOO feet deep and deposited them at the bottom leaving a clean hole The he home homo of C. C H H. Neal mine manager and stockholder in the Parlette Company Compan being on higher high high- er ground was undamaged although although although al al- though several feet of silt was deposited deposited deposited de de- posited in the yard Work Vork will begin immediately ona on ona ona a new Shaft about 1500 feet from the old one Mr Neal said Thursday Thurs Thurs- Thursday day night He expressed his thankfulness thankfulness thank thank- that no life was lost when except for the quick action of Mr there might aright have been |
