Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-09-24

lights were DlOWn OUT e4Ctp Ouo eLiCk-
Ing ON the south side Of q post my
right arm was burned BY the explosion
from the ends Of my fingers to the ell
bow; It was probably from 1900 to
1900 feet from where | was to the Bel
cher blacksmith shop; It Is my opln.
lon that 1t 10 injurious to have black
smith shops under the ground /; there
was a key or two Of black powder
about thirty feet south Of where |
stood; 1t did not explode ; o similar
explosion occurred In the Gould q
Curry some time ago.
Samuel Tan1ye, sporn-I reside In
Gold Hill; am o blacksmith ; have
been at work since May ; I have seen
the wlnze on fire four or i've times /; 1t
was caused by sparks from the forge
the sparks In going upward fell back
on a cross timber. about 10 feet above
the forge, and accumulated there was
a Babcock fire extinguisher on the
vice bench; we never used 1t; l never
had I'M fire OIL my shift; for some
time previous to the fire the shop was
30 hot that we could not remain there
long enough to sharpen more, than 10
or 20 picks at a time. Since the bulk
head from the Imperial was opened 1t
has been cooler.
Huah Linchey, s,oorn-reside In Gold
Hill ; am carman on the surface ut the
Jacket; the first appearance Of flre
was when we took a "a of the cage
at about 3 O'Clock; when | attempted
to take the second car OIL the cage the
smoke conclusion knocked me back
from the shaft !; made a second attempt
to get 1t off; told some Of tho boys to
60 for Mr.. Taylor; went after him
myself; when I got back my partner
was trying to prevent the firemen put
ting the water down the shaft.
j. n. Barry, scora-Am Engineer at
the Yellow Jacket mine; was on duty
the morning the accident occurred !; az
soon as I learned In regard to the fire.
] sent for Capt. Taylor, and also noti-
fled the foreman Of the Crown Point
and Belcher mines to get their men
out as our mine was on fire.
Hank Donnely testified to the fact OF
Louizelle being a sober, industrious
man ; I think blacksmith shops are I'm.
healthy underground ; there was good
ventilation In ours, the smoke both
from 1t and the Crown Point coming
up the main shaft.
Captain Taylor, smorn-Am Super.
intendent Of the Yellow Jacket mine
heard the whistle alarm and immedi.
ately got up and looked toward the
hosting works ; saw the smoke com.
ing from the building was nearly
dressed when one OF the men, a car
man on top, came to the house and
told me the mine was on fire; / hur.
ried over to the holsting-works, went
In and found they had three streams
of water playing down the shaft; saw
that 1t checked the smoke from coming
up; told Engineer Jones to stop the
water. as it was driving the smoke
back Into the mine he ordered the
water shut off; l then ordered him to
take the hose out and play on the
building; after the water was shut OIL
the smoke began to ascend again ; at
this time Dennis Hurley, station man
at our l100.font level, came to
me and said he had just como
ND through the Crown Point and that
tile fire was In the Belcher blacksmith
shop !; sent some men down through
the Crown Point to tho 130O-foot level
to see II they could put In a bulkhead
to check the fire also sent some men
to the old north shaft to see that the
covers and earth was ready to close 1t
II necessary; afterwards sent Mr..
Quirk and some men to tho Imperial
down their shaft to get at tho fire from
the north, and put In q bulkhead there;
they completed their work tho Crown
Point folks, also, had put In a bulk
head between the Yellow jacket
mine and the Crown Point mine ;
we then Immediately turned the
water down the shaft again to force
the smoke and gases to the north mino
In order that they might escape to the
surface through the old shaft ; Mr..
Donnelly and several others went to
the 100 level and found the fire where
It had been reported to be, In the
wlnze ; we commenced and have been
playing OIL the fire ever since, hose
having been brought In from the pump
hoo. foot level ; Mt present there Is no:
thing there but heated ground and
smollderIng timbers; | don't believe
In having fire under ground ; the
blacksmith shop was allowed to DO
placed there at the solicitation Of D. NJ
Tyrrell, late foreman Of the Belclier
we could always smell charcoal gas
from the Crown Point blacksmith shop
ut the 1900 gas from the Belcher
blacksmith shop could be smelled at
the l1OO-foot level ; the Crown Point
blacksmith shop has been on fire sew
eral times !; at the head Of tho Wine
where the Belcher blacksmith shop Is
located, there Is an old stope about
lSx20x25 I am not able to express an
opinion In regard to the real cause or
origin Of the fire.
Verdict of the Jury,
We, the undersigned jurors, sum.
moned by Coroner Holmes on the goth
day Of September, A. d. 1873, to Inquire
Into the cause of death Of G. b. Mudd,
Jas. Waters, Jas. Z. Niles, Louis Loul,
xelle. Thomas Cusick and VS.. Broad.
water, find that Geo. B. Mudd was a
native OF Missouri. aged ~ years that
James Waters was q native Of County
Roscommon, Ireland, aged IS years 4;
that James +. Niles was q native oil
Kennebeo county, Maine /; that Louis
Louizelle was q native Of st. Mary,
Lower Canada, aged ~ years tina.
w. 8. Broadwater was q native OF Mis-
souri,. aged so years that Thomas Gu.
sick was q native of County Limerick,
Ireland, aged IS years; that the above
named parties came to their death In
the Crown Point and Yellow Jacket
mines, Ia the town OF Gold Hill, Sto.
rey county, State Of Nevada. on the
goth day Of September, A. d. 1Sz3.
1t Is the unanimous conviction OF the
Jury that the above named parties
came to their death from asphyxia,
caused by inhaling carbureted n.y.
drogen gas while In q state Of combus-
tlon, together with other gases.
We are also Of the belief that the
deadly gases were generated BY the
fumes Of charcoal rising from the
Belcher and Crown Point blacksmith
forges, taken In connection with other
chemical reactions going on In the
mine, from earth, minerals and de-
cayed wood.