Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-05

The three missing men In the Bullion
have been found and their dead bodies
brought To the surface. The last was
sxtricated about midnight last night.
At frst the search for the missing
men was conducted from the Imperial
by means Of the connections on the 1910
level, after that lsvsl had been opened
and bulkhsad constructed across the
Bullion incline. Just below the station.
This bulkhssd Was made Of exc tmbsrs
placed closely together. The inter.
s.ioss were then oalksd and rass stuffed
al around the edges and nsxt the rock.
A oovsffng Of heavy canvas was then
thrown over all. nailed tightly and
moistsnsd. This was TO exclude al gas
and foul sir which might ascend the In.
cline. This wss done Thursday after.
noon.
In the evening. however. Il was found
that there was still some gas passing up
the incline, making search dangerous.
Dirt was then closely packed over the
bulkhsad and against the rocks 10 close
all seams which might have been opened
by the blasts OF construction. This done
Il was found, early Friday morning. that
the air In the incline was pure enough
to sustain life, and the search began.
When HE men sntered the cooling
place on the 1000 level, they found
O,Donshus. he had reached that place,
pulled the plug from the cir pipe, but
neglected 10 turn the dampsr, and then
dropped into . half-sitting. h~ali.squat-
ting position and died. His dinner
bucket and lantern were beside him.
He had taken OF his drawers. - some
suppose, to put before his face. Others
think, from the fact that his dinner
bucket Wal uncovered, that hs had pre-
pared TO cat his lunch whom the 60 came
and caught him.
Upon ascending the incline 10 the
l4O0 level Superintendent Schultz. who
led the search, thought he detected the
presence Of gas in sufficient Quantities
to render further advance ct that time
unsafe, and the party returned. Yestsr-
day morning an examination OF the air
ascending the Bullion shaft showed 1t to
be pure, and Il was determined TO re-
sumo the search directly through that
shaft and this was accordingly done.
Upon descending to the 300 levsl-the
head Of the incline-ths body Of Perry
was found. He had been stationed at
the l400 level, and appeared - though
be had barely reached the 800 lsvsl.
stumbled over the sill floor and lay there
within eight feet Of the cooling place
and safety, dead. His bucket and Ian.
tern were about 100 feet below. Hs Wa
terribly bloatsd. and but for bis mus.
tachs his body would have been I'M
recognizable.
subsequently, the search for oroctsr
was taken up. He had been stationed
at the 1900 level, and was IS feet below
Il. Appearances indicate that he had
remained at that station till the alarm
came, and had then started down the In.
cline. When struck BY the fatal gas hs
seemed to have thrown up his arms and
fell . to the right, partially behind
ono Of the timber sets Of the incline.
His remains and those Of O'Donahus
we're plainly recognizable. The SCENE
at the Bullion ct midnight last night was
impressive. Men, women and children
thronped the works and sat there pa
tiently waiting to zee the bodies brought
mp, although they knew the men were
dead.
superintendent sohults, who has been
In almost hourly attendance Of the mine
from the commencement Of the disaster,
10 deserving Of praise for the care exsf.
cised, and which has prevented others
from losing their lives In . search Tor
those already dead.
An inquest will b held on the bodies
Monday, they In the meantime having
been viewed BY the jury already sum-
moned.
In order TO purify the air In the mine
below the bulkhsad, Mr.. Schultz IN.
jointed the compressed air pipe at the
surface yesterday and sent . stream OF
water down Il TO the 1910 level. Here
II was taken by . hose, carried through
the bulkhead and discharged into the
incline through q sprinkler. 20 .: to XII
all gas which might arise. This, with
the water on the 1000 level And mat
sent down the incline which was ct hrst
burned, IL rapidly purifying the mime.