Show I I i CAP OF LEITER COAL MINE IS OFF Mount Vernon lii May la 14 The Immense concrete cap with which the Loiter coal mine at Zeigler has been sealed for or more than a n year was ro 10 yesterday Gas is still In evi 01 henCe dence but It Is not thought to 10 bo In dangerous quantities Tho The mine wan sealed to a fire which wall waa caused by an explosion a It year ear ago when eight lives lIell were lost The mine Is badly wrecked Tho ho new owners o narA are making arrangements to scull senti a searching scorching party Into the th In I tenor as soon us as the tho debris can ur 1 be cleared Oxygen OIen and ane other othel safety I appliances will bo ho used More Marc than luau lives have havo boon hoen lost through gas explosions In the tho since Il was opened a few years ago |