Show ENTOMBED D ten men briefly burled in the surer Kin king sMine niue at 12 on thursday night aye says the salt lake herald the force of ten men at work in nied dinghaus ring haus st oos silver king mine bline stockton were horrified to hear a rumble above them and to see the incline shaft their only means of communication with the earth above cave in and the sides close together shutting them off from all communication with the outside they were mostly at work in the and drifts and fortunately were not deprived of all air the accident was comprehended outside as soon as it oc cured and a messenger was at once sent to stockton for aid the tale he bore at once created tremendous excitement and fifty men were ready with picks and aid shovels in the twinkling of an eye tom mackinson the superintendent knew of some old workings wok kings through which he thought the entombed miners could be reached and he at once commenced comden ced operations there he estimated that sixty feet of earth had bad caved cared in the shaft although every man was willing and eager to work the space was so cramped that only four could labor at a time and like giants they toiled for three hours at the end of that time to their inexpressible joy a pick went through the rock antoan into an open cavity and a wild yell from below told them that their labor had bad not been in vain an opening largo large enough to admit a man was made and each one of the ten was hoisted to the top a distance of feet sound and unhurt the anguish of their suspense ense walled up nearly feet below gelow the surface and their almost frantic joy at being released may better be imagined than described the incline shaft which caved in baa has long been considered a roan man trap and many miners we are informed in have havel declined to work in the silver king kin on account of it it is said that the company was already sinking a now shaft abaft through which operations could be carried on with safety |