Show there appeals to be no change in the underground fire which has bee a burning in the eureka Lureka nunes for the past twelve day days at different times dana the past week the smoke has eeme te to the surface through the shaft shaf it ol 01 the eureka hill mine and there thera are rea reasons to believe that the fire if is still burning through net aa so rapidly as last list week sapt earle earlest of the bullion beck book mine hid a e mall force at work during the arly part et of the week trying to lay a pipe line on the foot level through which it t ie is hoped to reach the fire firs in IV this he wa 8 partially successful bat but wednesday when the pip pipe had been run in about one half the dist dutine unee a change in the air current baroug ht lit the moke smoke baek back upon the minari u audit avas decided to discontinue the work until conditions were more favorable days coleman one of the men who was assisting bupt supt earls in the work had a narrow escape from being out by the poisonous cae gas and smoke wednesday afternoon he revived however ox 0 being brought to the othela aleo also suffered ofie red the smoke wag was not sob ad in the cen tennial eureka edreka mine this week but the poisonous gas still remains reni aini in the under ground workings A dog which was low ered ared into the mma mine tuesday was killed bv y the impure air USE ELMETS 31 the hel niete were tried at the ballion bullion beek back lain mine tuesday but lout were found to be impracticable the helmets are all right for keeping the smoke and g gas from the eyes and and supplying fresh tir but who trying theca say that it is almost impossible to accomplish any thing in the line ol 01 werk work while wearing them aad and for thai reason they were du dix carded since wednesday ight mottling has been done dome at either of t the four raina those familiar with the underground conditions of the eureka mines are of f opinion that the fire will die down in a day or two to enable the miner miners to reach and extinguish it up to the present timis it has cost the miners ef of the camp a small fortune in wages alone |