Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-09 | Page 8 | Strive to Free Trapped Miners

STRIVE TO TO FREE TRAPPED MINERS INERS SALEM Ky ry Aug 9 B By By The TheA A Associated Iress press Rescue work work- workers workers ers era seeking to free tree five men trapped since Thursday in the Hud Hud- Hudson Hud Hudson son SOil mine of the Zinc and Spar Spai I company near here today re- re redoubled redoubled re redoubled doubled their heir efforts with the hope of reach reaching the Imprisoned m men n before nightfall Three days and anil nights of or fever fever- feverish ish lab working working- apparently had brought the rescue squad little nearer to the trapped miners but a a a pump capable of lifting 00 gallons of wa- wa wai Wa i tel ter mud or sand sanda a minute will placed In operation today The Th pump eng said would reduce the level Ol of water ater In the mine to such an extent that the In cave-In ml might ht be reached 1 I During the tha past three days lays two t drills were used In an attempt to I open a way of communication to the five mei men so that food might he be pa passed parsed ed to them A flint lime stone rock formation however proved adamant and it was necessary necessary sary to stop work at a depth of 60 feet reet distance only half halt the estimated dis tance to the entombed men I Several crews have havn been working with six foot pick plc and shovel to sink a 0 six foot square shaft to the drift A depth greater than 40 feet had been re ched early arly today The fate of the five miners Is un l known unknown Hope Is held out that some or all may nave aye survived sur the tIre tong long ordeal underground but many miny per per- persons persons sons at the scene point out that the waters from the lake which broke through and flooded the mine continue to pour Into the dl dig digging ping ging and that there Is only are a re remote mote possibility that the tho m men n still survive A company of guards guards- guardsmen guardsmen guardsmen men 11 Is guarding the mine property I buildings and entrances from curt curl curiosity seekers