Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-03-03


Thomas Wilson. . miner who IL we'll
known in this community. secured . situ-
alton in the Imperial mine yesterday. He
vent to work at 8 o'clock. and ffteen min
utss later fell dowl in . faint from which
he never revived. Wilson wss universally
popular among his ~aequiatancss. and
was respected for his manly qualities BY
all who knew him. The story Of how he
met his fate was dstsailsd BY the witnesses
before Coroner Hodges In Gold Hill this
afternoon. The verdict will doubtless Be-
rendered in accordance with the testi-
meny.
william Burns. . shift boss in the I'm
perial mine. testified that deceased came 70
work yesterday ct Q p. u. fer the first
time. He went down 10 the 20O0-foot level
and from there went with three others
about seventy feet down tho incline 10 put
In some air pipe. There was air passing
through the pipe when they weat down. !
should judge they stopped Town there
about fifteen minutes. when Mr.. Oliver
came up and reported that Q man had
fallen down the incline. i Was In the
cooling-off roam ct tbs time. Myself and,
I think. two others started down imnsdi-
ately. When We got down about thirty
fest below tho 20OO-fsst station We found
the deceased and Mr.. Muldson coming up
the incline. We took him into the cool
ing-off room aud did everything We could
for him. I should Judge we kept him there
about an hour. We finally came to the
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NeiI aetafiand, . cousin OF as0es,so'
tesunsd mat NO "a nanVS =. Euin.
oursh, scetianu' ana sosut tsir.y-sign'
years OF age. In the opinion OF NE Wiz
ness dsath WAS caused oy ne man osing
over-heated. a. he was very nsshy and was
not accustomed TO working In . hot mine.
Thomas oliver. whe WAS working Win
wilson. testihed 70 the circumstances OF
geing down int the mine a. described oy
MT. Burma. he aid: We put up one
isngth OF Air-pipe. ~ INA, I'm. ~
getting pretty warm. ssked al. wilson
TO pass me my candissuck and We started
up Together 70 go 70 tne Soonng-on houss
ON The 2ooo.ioot level. When We got 70
tns looV-ioot station VIC vete 'osssner.
emmosa up On 70 the sua,ion anu ne VA
eimoiny up osnind me. ls,,sgele1 ln'o
the eeohng-on neuss anu told N. burn,
that mere was nan OUT mere vnon !. ula
not think could get up on 70 tne s'.uon.
JUST ~ that some one eAhcu ous thAs
. man had fallen ON inc stsPs. NJ. purns
had not been gone more than . minute
when be called Ter some one 70 come ana
help get the man up. 1 ran o q ana tAey
hal the deceased partly up on me Stallion
We carried him into the coohng-hoase
Mr.. Burns ordered one OF the men 10 u
more air into the room. We kept him IN
everything that NO could for him. We
kept him there for over an hour. when l
reached the station was 90 weak and o.
hausied that Il was impossible for me V
assist anybody. or i would have helped
the man 10 get onto the station. We
reached the l300-foot station there we're no
signs OF life. We then TOOL him 70 me
surface. l do not know how high the
temperature Janus INC Pia1o "aeIe