Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-23
, in the Gold Hill Mines.

in the G0ld Hill Mines.
from last Saturdays Gold
he following particulars of
The mines at tnat place:
I've already stated, the fire
d the 13OO-foot level Of the
cket mine. Three hundred
of the main shaft is a
rh extends from the HOO to
ut level, and at the loot of
was a blacksmith shop be-
the Belcher Company,
ne by permission of the
IN panv, it being a more eli
lion for it than there is in
Ter mine. 1t was simply
arpening picks. drills and
rk. It's not exactly known
fire started, but it evident
rom this forge. In fact an
o previously a fire was dis
D have caught from the
burning the woodwork
1t was extinguished, aud
the blacksmith, was in
it and told to look out.
break out again. When it
/ discovered to be again Oh
turning furiously, the last
g unfortunate blacksmith
kidentlv trying to get to it
be smoke and gas in order
|sh it if possible. He was
o so, however, and was at
fully two hundred feet
where he had fallen a vic
byXiation.
SILL BURNING.
as possible the firemen and
preached the locality from
Crown Point and Imperial
at the present writing it is
n by bulkheads and other
odes of security, contining
winze, so that it can do no
lrm except to the winZe it.
Jan only burn the timbers
far as the 1l00-foot level,
bust die out for want of ma
eed upon, there being no
that point for 100 feet either
b hundred men are at work.
The Dead.
bEORGE B. MUDD,
of James Waters in the
)int, was another victim of
e disaster. He was suffocat-
immense volume Of gas
hto the ll00-f foot drift. The
vas a brother-in-law Of the
brothers. Of Gold Hill, and
Crown Point Ravine. He
ite and four children. He
i've of Missouri, and was
years Of age. The deceased
mber of Clifton Lodge. No.
"a. NJ. He was also a mem.
Gold Hill Miners Union.
j took place at II o'clock on
under the auspices OF the
eternity.
JAMES NILES
)ged in repairing a drift on
ot level of the Crown Point
when the gas overlook him
eting his supper. He was
the surface alive, and sur
put one hour. His co-labor-
Perythlng IN their power to
him. The deceased resid-
nla City. His wife and six
From whom he had been
tor ten years, two months
brought on from the East.
native of kennebec county,
ed ~. No man in the COM
Jas more highly esteemed
es Niles.
LOUIS LOUIZELLE,
|nnd blacksmith at the Bel
his life while battling hero
h the destroying element.
P body was recovered, the
lands were found to be bad
Ped. The deceased was a
st. Mary, Lower Canada.
Fears. He leaves a wife and
pghters. Captain Cosgrove
y repeatedly to abandon his
p subdue the fire, as his
|re futile, but he would not
Lpost. His body was found
Ieet from the locality where
Rs raging.
4 :. BROADWATER'S
recovered by James Ian
p. +. Band. He was found
ms face alongside the car
put 10 feet on the east drift
Jacket switch. He was en-
carman, and was on the
|,itch with James Langan at
ne llrst explosion occurred.
'sed WAS unmarried, a native
.ri, aged 80 years. He was a
'i the Sarstield Guard, and
Miners Union.
THOMAS CUSICK,
working in tho Crown Point,
empting to escape from the
s suffocated. The deceased
I've OF County Limerick, Ire
! about % wears, and was a
9l ~ the Gold Hill Miners
ne mas a sister residing in
!, His brother. Patrick Gu
'eS al Prairie du Chen, Wis
JAMES WATERS,
!. victim OF the contlagration.
ing at the time in the Crown
ie. lie. likewise, was suffo-
'.e smoke and gas while at
W escape from the mine.
'sen was single, a native of
Seu %: He had recently re-
III a visit to his mother and
no reside in Lowell, Mass.