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Show RESCUERS FIGHT TO REACH MEN Crews Work All Night Replacing Re-placing Timbers in Argonaut Ar-gonaut Shaft JACKSON, Calif., Aug 31 The fourth day of the battle of life and death at the Argonaut mine where 47 miners are entombed found rescue crowa still fighting desperately to get to th men The first official news bulletin issued by a eommlttee of mlno owners, mining engineers and state ami federal nilnilng experts recited that two crews of apparatus men from the federal bureau of mines worked all nluht In the Argonaut replacing timbers tim-bers that had lfcn removed from the shaft GO feet below tho 2.400 foot level. Tho timbers the bulletin said, were removed to provide a barrier against the flro creeping up the shaft. This work was finished about 11.50 a. m, "During the work of replacing these timbers, a fall of ground wits heard some where d"vn the ,haft and the air j blast caused by the fall of ground forced gases up the shaft to the 2,400 level but the apparatus men hastily Llnnnrl Ihrtlr r, v - cc.. n ,-. I r-.H t 1 n ir hf-lmetS .lafld were saved .from being overcome by the poisonous carbon. "This is tho extent of the work In 'the Argonaut shaft during the night At the Kennedy mine fi5 feol of the 13.900 font south drift was cleared out Which brings them under the chute ,fiom th stope above. This leaves about 430 feet of drift to be cleared out. From now on the going should jhe better as tho drift will not be under (the old stopo. I ,-In the 8,600 foot level of th Ken-' Ken-' necly mine they are still working In soft fillings in the drift and hae about 50 to 90 feet to reach the cross cut lntotthe green stone By lor1ng into I this 'crosscut they will be able to go j around the drift that Is filled with (loose iniui and rock, thereby saving time. There will be about 60 feet of drilling to be done to get back to tho drift which will then be under more i olid ground." VYIVKS COM1XG PROM SPAIN JACKSON. Calff . Aug 31. Two women are hastening from far away Ispaln in anticipation of happy reunions re-unions when they reach this llttk mining town. Their husbands T Garcia and L Gonzales are among the Imprisoned miners. 2 Some months ago these two workers Isent tho money to Spain that their srlvee mlsht mako the Journey to Am-'. Am-'. l ira. The women no- xpei ; 1 to arrive ar-rive In Jackson the end of this week. Whether they are hurrying to a doubly dou-bly Joyous reunion or to tragic disappointment disap-pointment depends upon the measure ( ot success met by the toiling rescue parties. nn |