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Show It APEX MINE TO E OPENED TODAY I I i VARIOUS OPINION AS TO I I SECRET BEHIND BULKHEADS Hi M 'Five Hundred Pounds ojf Black Powder Was I Burned in the Tunnels to Produce 9 I Deadly Black Damp H i '-? REPORT OF CAPTURE WITHOUT ANY FOUNDATION i . I j - , Some Believe It Possible That by Lying Close to the , ) . ;: v ' Bulkhead Lopez May Be Alive All Avenues 8 ' ' - of Escape Being Well Guarded 1 ' H Ml . Bingham, Utah, Dec. 4 Early tomorrow morning the I .' bulkheads in the Apex mine will be opened at the York and Parnell tunnels. That will drive the smoke out rap-M rap-M . idly and shortly after the bulkheads on the 700-foot level . will be opened. There is a strong belief that Lopez may I be found at that point, dead or alivo. It is believed pos- B ' sible that by lying close to the bottom of the bulkhead the : Mexican may have escaped the deadly fumes. In that fl case a final battle is expected. It is probable that forti-B forti-B fications will bo so placed as to give the guards protec- 9 - tion in case the bandit starts shooting. ' All night last night and all day today the smoke lias .fl continued to pour into the mine. Yesterday 500 pounds fl , ofijc powder was burned, which produced the deadly 9 r- & TtjBack daitUbk . mfmHp TqpjFe stilJL.s6m'eyhhee1ve,.thafc Icjpas may' Have VmreampedT'&n the other hand" there are many who believe I - that au escape could not have been made. More are in- clined to believe that Lopez stayed in the mine, confident ' that he could dodge the deadly fumes. Many believe 9 that he has done so. The secret held behind the bulk- , head will be known some time tomorrow. m 1 There was a rather vague report received by phone from Beaver yesterday to the effect that Lopez had been captured alive j in the Apex mine, and same became current on the streets tJ "t Cedar yesterday, but it appears to be without foundation. The in-I in-I P formation contained in the foregoing dispatch states the situation I . ' up to a late hour last evening. |