Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-05
CAUGHT IN A FLOODED PIT.
,.,,o osaster in the Mansfield Mine
'S''''' Moor CRYSTAL Falls, Mich

lining operations III Norlileli " IS
OF Hi.A anJ the Michigan Peninsula oc-
coIo. ,i lost evening, when the Mans
rlf IT. Nine, near this city, caved
lied M ,.;no in the current OF
in, IeS Wiri6igamme River. Every
the " he drift was caught
mai, AZ aaod and persisted. The dead
by the MAT Totvern forty and sixty. The
pauoe, t Dr' Of the loss Of life will not
eX3 iL. cMr for some hours, as the force
be NIIo ,t,ntIv changingand the list Of the
i coh IL, at work is not to be had.
ma:;Sl2 o,',;dent occurred at 9 o'clock last
ln' NV the bursting OF the river bed.
ri Gi7", line ~ flied with water in two hours
Z I"i n nrIv three of the men at work
anu o,li' They were III the shaft and
e-t 1i literally blown out by the rushing
N'I' .and air, which made it impossible
|% so rnscuing party to leave the cage
loI . {. rpscue of the others. 1t IS I'M
j" .,;hin now to obtain names OF the
7~nrd men but thirty-seven are alb
o'I,taIv known to be dead. Nearly all
, Italians and SWedcs.
az ha Mansfield mine is located seven
f'S west OF this city. 1t is one of the
u.Liesjncer group and is operated by
"a ,,,-,ioan, Ives u Co., OF Cleveland.
,rI,, line reaches out under the river,
III. ~ thn earth between the workings
a o'i fine stream was supposed to be of
,,h , thickness as to make the Hood
# the mine impossible, and no
ay7ra precautions had been taken
or,;nst disaster of this kind. The
,,ht shift of men went into the mine at
tIo usual hour and were deep IN the PIT
nlan the break occurred. AS no one
r
Known whether or not the men had
INV warming OF the impending ca.am-
~, hut it is not considered possible.
The fee of the Mansfield mine is
onnpd bv the Caledonia Mining Com
pany, corporation organized at Flor
hMra Wis. The stock of this company
" nainly owned bv Edward Reyes, A.
: I;uensbern and DR.. Bond, all of Flor
ence.
When the operators Of the Mansfield
tr., bcoan TO take ore out below the
In river level, people used to remark
SI, some accident of this kind would
r,nrn. for at an earl Y stage OF the
minr's deyeIOnment the miners began
m drift under the bottom OF
taA stream. The main shaft was
81 close to the Michigamme that
yrrv short trough served to convey
10 the river the water that the pumps
ris,d The ore outcrops and forms
oart of the river bottom at that point.
The Mansfield is not Il very deep mine,
bnti, down to the fourth or fifth level.
EN,,xAyA, Mich, Sept. pa bout 3
o'clock last night the Mansfield mine,
located about seven miles west of Crystal
Falls, caved in under the Michlgamme
River. letting the entire current
in the mine. Between fifty and
sixty men were in the mine
At the time Of the accident. Only
Twelve are reported to have reached
fine surface alive. The mine IS one OF
the best on the range and it is Thought
vii. be entirely ruined as it Will be I'M
possible to control the water.
The latest accounts from the mine
say that lorty-tive miners were at work
in the mine. OF this number twenty
pAt are known to be dead.
The caye-in is about $50 feet
n diameter and the mine is entirely
He'd with water to the river level and
ja,possibIn for any one to be alive.
oIowing is a partial list of the dead:
v. II. PIERCE.
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MARQUETTE Mich, Sept. 20.-Reports
rom Crvsl3l FalIsstatn that , cave-in at
H. Mansfield mine. seven miles east of
3t VILLAGE, has resulted this morning in
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