Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-02-01
MINING ACCIDENTS.
one Aaa KILLED 0atright and Three
Aerleaaly Iniursd.

at never rains unless II pours." is
an adago~ especially applicable to mining
accidents. II would seem that some
cloud Of ill-omen hangs at certain inter
walls over the Comstock lode. il is sell
dom that we are called upon to chroni-
Gle a single accident. On the contrary,
as Is the case to-day. items Of this ma
turs generally force themselves upon the
attention Of the public in the space Of
two, four or six days at q time. Then
there will be n lull. and no accidents
worthy Of the nsmo will occur for q pc
Rod OF sometimes two weeks.
Fatal Accident.
On Friday afternoon, about 4 o'clock.
a fatal accident occurred in the New
York Consolidated mine. From the sv-
idence adduced at the Coronsr's inquest
held to-day In the Town Marshal's Office,
Gold Hill. it appeared that q man named
J. J.. Jones, who has been working for
some time in the above named mine,
went to the pump station with the fore
men ami two other men. for tho pur-
pose Of packing the pump. Before
work was begun. he complained Of feel
ing unwell aud the foreman. Mr.. Gil
lespic. advised him to 30 on top and set
u little fresh air and n drink OF water.
stating at tie time. that he would prob
ably feel all right again a. nothing out
Of the way was noticeable in his face.
Jones started for the bucket. used for
hosting purposes. AMI declined the OTTER
OF one Of his partners. who wanted to
assist him. lie got in the bucket and
gave the signal to the engineer above to
hoist him up. The other men then
turned to their work. but in q short timo
they heard the body Of the deceased
falling down the shaft. The supposit-
ion il, that Jones was taken with a sud-
den ~faintness, Lost his balance. and
tumbled out Of the bucket. The rope
Was not broken nor was any OF the hoist
ing gear out OF repair. either before or
after the accident. II Is presumed that
the deceased fell a distance Of 400 feet.
In the bottom Of the shaft thore was
abou, five feet Of water, otherwise there
would probably have not been q whole
bone left in his body.
lie was a native Of Wisconsin. aged
about twenty years, and has no relatives
ON the coast with the exception OF a
brother, who is foreman in the Wood.
Vile AMI Lady Washington mines.
Accident In the Caledonia.
At one o'clock this morning. a man
by the name OF c. Douglas was caved on
in n raise Of the l3O0.ioot level OF the
Caledonia mins. II seems that a blast
was about 10 be fired when Douglas ran
to the up.raise. With the blast came
the cave and buried Douglas for thee
long hours. II is almost a miracle that
he was not killed. His back was terri.
bly, laccrated and also his stiles anu
shoulders. One cut on his back extends
n distance OF four inches in a diagonal
direction reaching to the ribs. He was
otherwise considerably bruised and
mashed. and 1t will DO many days ere he
will be able to resume work. DIR. Kirby
attended him.
Other Accidents.
Asthes shifts were being changed in the
Beleher mine this morning. Phil Har-
rins,on got his left foot badly crushed
between the cage AMI tinbers. DIR.
Manson was called to dress his wounds
and found his great toe badly lacernted.
besides n painful cut extending across