Show Gilsonite Mine W Worker orl er Crushed To Death In At Son And Nephew Trapped In Attempted Rescue p Crew Labors Five Hours To Release Imprisoned MenRoy MenRoy Men MenRoy Roy Campbell 44 Roosevelt was crushed to death Wednesday at p. p m. m when he was buried burled under more than one hundred tons thus of muck which caved in on himat him himat himat at the Parlette gilsonite mine ten miles south of My Myton ton as he was attempting to strengthen weakened weakened weakened weak weak- ened supports The main shaft of the mine extends extends ex ox- tends straight into the earth to toa toa toa a depth of about one thousand feet from each side of which running horizontally are the drifts at various levels where the tha ore is mined carried to the main shaft in earn cars and brought to the level of the mine in buckets Mr Campbell and his son Floyd 19 who had worked in the mine only a few days were working inthe in inthe inthe the drift at tile the foot level strengthening the ceiling of muck with bulkheads Without warning part of the ceiling gave way releasing releasing re re- ro- ro leasing about one hundred tons of or muck forty feet deep crushing Mr Campbell against the bulkhead bulkhead bulkhead bulk bulk- head on which he had been stand stand- ing Floyd whom the slide had missed by inches ran to the main shaft and called caned for help Cut Timbers His brother Darwood 23 and cousin Everett Pope 22 who had bad been working in the drift 50 f feet et above the cavern ran to his aid ald Finding it impossible to release Mr Campbell and thinking he might still be alive they cut through the timbers supporting the bulkhead The body dropped down and with it came part of the imprisoning the two boys at the end of the drift They had feared this might happen they said but knew they would Continued On Page 8 |