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Show ELEVEN CALIFORNIA MINERS CAUGHT III DEATH TRAP Endeavor to Eicape From Fire Iff Mine When tht .Skip Became; Jammed and Could Not bo'w Raised or Lowered. Jackson, Cnl. Ono of tho greatest calamities In tho annals of mining In this country occurred at tho Fromont Consolidated mine, near Drytown, on Saturday. Tho employes as usual were hoisted from tho underground works at noon. At 1 o'clock tho first skip containing thirteen men, was lowered in tho Fromont shaft, itoaehlng tho 1,000-foot level, volumes of rmoke wero encountered, showing that tho mine was on lire. The skip becamo Jammed at this paint and could neither be hoisted nor lowered. It is supposed to havo been thrown off tho track by ono fit the men being ovorcome by smoko and falling against tho front wheels of tho skip. Two of the men aboard got out and climbed to tho surface by means of the ladder way. Tho other eleven perished. Four of tho unfortunato men nro Americans, four Italians and three Austrlans. |