Show MANY MINERS ENTOMBED workings filled with deadly gas fo following 1 terrific explosion the men being caught in trap trinidad colo fifty one miners were entombed in the starkville Star kville mine eight miles from here the results of an explosion which occurred about 1030 saturday night the explosion practically destroyed tile the old slope of the mine and the new slope Is so thoroughly filled with gas and black damp that entrance of rescue parties by this route was imp impossible os it Is feared that nione of the men will be rescued alive the Star kvile mine has not been working a night shift until recently when tile the demand forr for its output became so heavy that the day shift could not meet it then a night shift which usually consisted of about men was put to work while practically all the miners working in the starkville Star kville mine are ot of foreign birth many have been in this country for twenty to twenty five years and it a large portion of them have been working th the starkville Star kville mine ever since it began operations opera tlona in 1892 the mine is the property of the danta fe railroad but Is operated by the colorado fuel iron company |