Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-30
ANOTHER 0NEENT0MDED
Edward Dolan Undoubtedly
Dead In the Depths of
the St. Lawrence.
The Burning Mine Sealed
Nothing Known as to
it's Condition.

The shafts Of the Anaconda and St. Law.
renee mines have been closed since Satur
day and all draft shut of from one to the
other. After making an Investigation Sat
urday. Superintendent Carroll descended
to the 500-foot level. Finding the timberf
all ON fire and q hopeless prospect ahead.
he assembled and ordered the shafts ofboth
mnines closed. This had the effect Of shut.
ting Of the draft and tended to smother the
fire. Later it was learned from investfga.
ton that the 500 and TOO foot levels were
seriously jeorardized, and 80 far as it
could be done the drifts were
bulkheaded and every precaution
taken to prevent the spread OF the
fire. Fearing that IL would communicate
TO the other leads, Superintendent Carroll
arranged for the Introduction Of hose into
Che mine and proposed to ell them with
steam in hopes Of subduing the fire. How
far this may have been successful remains
to be seen, as ne definite results have yet
been made visible. Mr.. Carroll believes
that the only practical method Of extin-
gushing the fire lies in the introduction Of
steam and the cutting of Of the draft. The
latter preventative has been adopted and
today he will introduce steam. An i'm
mense quantity Of hose, closely wrapped
with Irvine, has been prepared. and today
it will be lowered into the mine.
A careful revision of the pay roll shows
five men, Page, Sullivan, Murphy, Dolan
and Kelleher. missing. Anxious search has
been made for Dolan, but without satisfac-
tory results. He cannot be found at his
residence, has not been seen since Satur-
day, and the prevalent belief 10 that he,
with the four others, persisted in the
mine. -
Arumor wal current yesterday that alta
late hour Sunday evening the electric bell,
reaching the SOO-foot level had been rung,
indicating that one or more miners
we're alive and calling for aid.
Inquiries at the shaft house settled this
rumor negatively, and proved conclusively
that there was no truth whatever in the
it. The air compressor, supplying the
lower levels has not been in operation for
several days, and hence no one could exist
in the 500 and 9o0-levels for the length OF
time which transpired between thehour the
accident occurred and the time when 1t is
alleged the bell rang 2
To what extent the fire bias i invaded the
mines remains as yet a matter OF pure con-
lecture, but the absence OF smoke n heat
i'm plies that it has been gotten under con:
troll and will shortly be subdued. Every
possible precaution has been taken to pre-
vent it's spread, and there is but little ap.
prehension entertained that it will spred be-
yond the limits to whichit was originally
confined. The expressed fear tia 1.-THE fire
would communicate toevsry portion OF the
mine and close down operations until
spring is considered as not justified by
present circumstances. There are good
reasons for believing that within two weeks
the fire will have been suppressed and the
mine placed in working order. The man.
agsment is confident Of success in thai di.
rection and excellent grounds exist for be.
lief in a successful iruition Of that hope.
With reference to the number OF men left
beyond the hope of rescue there is
no data upon which to base &C.
curats information. Five men are
ksown to have persisted, and possibly
four others may have shared their late,
| though it ia probable that the four men un.
accounted Tor may have escaped and will
J yet materialize. Meantime suspension OF
| operations throws between 400 and 500
men out OF employment.
Superintendent Carroll has adopted
every possible %precaution to suppress the
| fire, and with the introduction OF steam to-
day there is q fattsring prospect that sue
cess will crown his efforts.
John Lyons and Matt Sullivan, the
two miners who barely escaped, are still
alive, though Lyons was considered In a
highly dangerous condition yesterday alter
noon.
The great disaster still continues to be
the general topic of discussion on the
streets, and though there are many pre-
disposed to give, it the most gloomy color
ing, there is excellent reason for believing
that without a very short time the great
Anaconda mines will again be in operation
| and the hundreds of miners now temporar-
lily idle, restored to work.