The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-08-29
LETTER FROM THE TIGER.
TIGER MINE Aug. 9, 1879.

TIGER MINE Aug. p, 1879.
 It IS sad news that write to-day.
 The miners Of Tiger Camp. like those of most mining camps, are bound together by strong tles Of sympathy. Taere are some seventy miners here who manifest a regard for each that it is pleasant to witness; but now, aias, the sa.ldest accident possible, al- moss, has happened. and turned our "happy goIucky" camp, into ose of deep moarn- ing. or course you haze heard of 1t, but l, being right here on the ground, have seen and heard it all, and will try aud give it correctly.
 The work on the new shaft as the upper hOisting works has been let out oa-coBtFact. Jack McAaliffe and Frank Miller are the contractcrs. Hickey is boss of the 3i shift- The first shift, led by Miller, goes on at seven a. m-, and comes of al three p. n there are five ,aen on each shift. The next. led 5 McAuIiffe, goes on at three asd comes of al II P. m. This is the crew thai night luaeh Is left for below. The 3d. fed by Hickey. is composed of himself, Jim McAuIiffe, Jack Sullivan, Jack Mcdonald and --Reese, goes on ai II D. m. and of 4t am. The shaft is from 340 to $50 feet deep. They go down in an immense tub, let down by wire cable. The 3d shift take their lunch to the hOisting works and come up at two in the mOrnIng to cal ii, on this occasion, when within hundred ,eet of uBe top coming up for lunch, the reel became unhitched, and the entire cable. which weighs 7O0 pounds. unwOunu, and men, tub and cabIe were all precipitated 70 the bottom of the shaft. The bucket ten der, Greea, ran to the lower hoistiog works and reused Chas. Conkling and Geo. Wat .on, who ran up and went down a rope m another shaft, and through 70 the dead and wounded men. Watson says the scene was horrible beyond description. McAuliffe lsy uHder the bucket, the edge of II and part of the Cable over him, and Mcdonald, whose neck was broken, across him. - Reese was partly under McA., but more in the corner, so that the full weight was not on him, he is bruised and sore from tne fall out has not bone broken, and is nVt seri- susIy injured. Hickey was next, lying to ene side with hIs right leg shattered be- iow the knee ana badly cut ia the skull, but conscious Sullivan lay across the tub, bent backwards with nearly all the cable ca his i,ody, his skull was mashed dreadfully he had apparently struck the wall. He lived TWO hours but WAS totally unconcious. Jack McAuliff, on arriving at the shaft, seszed the rope with his banas, and all who witnessed his decent, agree that they never knew any one to 20 down Into mine SD rapidly, in that msnser, befure. He allow ed no one to :sach his brother. but took him up as ienderiy as baby aud carried Jim to the surface himself. Young McAu- IIlfe, ss he was called, was shockingiy bruIs- ed, his head crushed at the back anu his arm shattered SO that the bones protruded through the skin. He was alive, but un- conscious, of course. They took him and Hickey over to Mrs. Jones, Reese had fain- ted but came to on being brought out ID the open air.
 Jack Sullivan and Jack Mcdonald. being dead, were laid out at the hoisting works. George Shrykes started to Prescott for Dr. Ainswsrth. A black flag was hoisted, work was stopped, stores and saloons closed, and the comrades of the dead men put on black badges. Six of their friends dug the graves, two more made the cof ns ns,covering them with black, lining and cushloniug them very aIceiy.
 The Episcopal funeral service was read by Mir Green. Teams from Brsd~haw came over for hearses, and at half-past two, the entire Tiger camp formed in procession and mIrched to Bradshaw Basin, where the re- mains of the poor unfortunate men were laid to rest under the waving pines. One hundred and twenty people attended the funeral, being the entire population, except the wounded and their nurses.
 At G p. m., young McAulif died, hs was buued at 2lz p. m. Sunday, same place, with same ceremony and attendance. Dr. Aims worth arrived at noon Sunday; would have heen here sooner but for the upsetting of his and his detention on account of the hurting of Geo. Shrikes. Hickey has been sent to Prescott, where his leg will have to be amputated. Rees is doing we'll. Green. in helping to get Hickey of, sprained his ankle badly. Niles mashed his hand in the shaft on Friday. This is now the saddest and quietest camp in the mountains