Show MINERS KILLED BY DYNAMITE Explosion Occurs While Powder Is Waiting to be Sent Down I Butte Mont Fourteen Fourteen men were I kiJ killed ed at t the Granite Mountain mine of ot the North Butte Butto Mining company Tuesday by an explosion of pounds of giant powder 7 Three Thieo men were engaged early Tuesday afternoon in lowering powder powder powder pow pow- der to the foot 2800 level leyel One car containing about pounds of giant powder was at the collar of the shaft awaiting JO to o be lowered after which a L' L number of bosses and ana miners were to go below Five of the men were ere waiting in the dog house a small room near the shaft when suddenly the explosion occurred John Davey the only one of the three at the surface to survive the explosion explosion ex ex- left the car to get a timber feet back from the shaft He was thrown to the ground by toy the explosion explosion sion slon but was not badly hurt The blast swept awa away the frame structure in which the men were waiting wait wait- ing lug at the shaft together with the air shaft beside the steel gallows frame Two painters were at work on this air shaft at the time of the explosion Neither Keither was killed but both were In in- Many Jan of the tho bodies were werd in In- fragments r n I |