The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-12

Miners-The Search Continues.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Basin, Mont. April 11.-Basin has ex-
perienced another very exciting day
All of the citizens of Basin and the
miners from the surrounding camps
were crowded closely about the en-
trance TO the Hope tunnel. Immediate
| ~ after Boulware was lost in the mine
yesterday, the air compressor was
started up and kept steadily pumping
air into the old slopes at the 100 foot
| Ievel, where Boulware was supposed to
De. This morning preparations were
made to make another descent to res
cue Boulware. but many considered IL
too risky an undertaking, but DR..
r1etcher. the coroner of this county.
said that. with the compressor running
all night and the hot air furnace draw
ing the foul air from the mine, the men
| could make another trial with safety.
Joe Sprout had gone down some time
before this and placed candles at regu-
lar distances along the route, and when
ne came up, John Berkin of Boulder
and the two Jarve brother, made the
descent. They had not gone far below
the 5O-foot level when they heard
groans.
Sprott hastened to the surface for a
ware was. j. G. Eastman, who had
been down the evening before, respond
ed. They wended their way cautiously
and found Boulware in a sitting posi-
ton about five feet from where they
had left him the night before East
man spoke to him. He did not answer
but opend his eyes, rolled them about
ana then closed them. Eastman then
wrapped him in canvas and four men
hauled him to the 50-foot level from
where he was carried to the surface by
men stationed along the tunnel AS
his head appeared in the tunnel he was
groaning, but the groans were welcome
music to the hundreds that heard them.
He was taken into the boiler rooms and
soon began to revive. He was uncon-
scious and remained so all day, but
when he was taken to his home, on
being questioned by Jim Dwyer If he
was sick, he answered ''yes," the first
word spoken. DIR. Ranville said to-
night that the prospects were excellent
Tor his recovery. Boulware was down
the shaft in the foul air 1874 hours.
Several exploration parties have been
down the mine to the 100-foot level and
into the station. There are indications
that some of the men reached that
level. for the bulkheading in the west
drift was broken down and which could
not be broken into by other hands than
one or more of the seven entombed
men. Ladders are being put in all the
OLD slopes by relays of men who re-
main at work from 20 to 40 minutes.
The water has reached above the sill
hoor OF the 200, which was learned by
men who dropped rocks down the shaft
from the 100. For this reason men are
working as fast as they can so as to
explore every part of the mine above
the water before it drives them out.
Af
lnd remain too long, for on coming to
he surface they feel the effects and
'uccumbed to its influences. John Ber-
kin and John Weber were the worst
lnected men to-day. All the men who
lave been on the 100 say that there are
Indications that the men were up on
hat level, and failing to work their
way out returned, as they supposed, to
he Slopes between the 200 and 1OO
where hopes are entertained of recov-
ring their bodies before the water
Irives the rescuers out. Every miner
n the Cataract is worn out by hard
abor and deadly gases tonight and ]
here has been talk Of sending to Butte [
or 20 fresh men to continue the search. ,
Charlie Macarthur, Pete Macarthur, I
Is brother, and II. e. Emmerson have
harge of the work under the direction ]
Martin Buckley. Mr.. Buckley has
cen on the ground all of the time.
aving slept but little since the sad ca
unity, being buoyed up with the hope !
nat some OF the men, IL not all of D
hem, may yet be recovered alive.
Ihere never was a more sorr,owful
ght than was witnessed at the mouth I
the Hope tunnel to-day Poor Boul-
are was lying out in the air to receive
le dement, of all the pure air he could n
ct, and with but a spark of life re-
aiming In him. Around him were hun
reus OF ms friends and his sorrowful
Imiiy gazing on his deathlike counte- N
ance. The awfulness of the surround
gs at the Hope was startled by a To-
motive whistle which repeated the
Ime warning that had been sounded
e night of the Hope fire. People
shed towards Basin expecting to find t
e town in flames. The occasion of m
e mournful sounds from the Iocomo- NJ
We was that the crew on train No % n
the Great Northern, had failed 10 m
ad their orders or had not done So ol
telligently, for ii pulled out of Basin 81
ter unloading some way freight for 81
'ulder; at the same time there vas ri
WestDound train on the track al IN
ady out OF Boulder After train No pI
mad gone short distance Conductor in
llson discovered the mistake and &c
stened forward to inform Engineer III
'ster, when the train was backed into u
Lsin. The locomotive which generaIiv dl
companies heavy freight knew Of af
mistake, and its mournfuI meals 70 ST
departing train was what gathered as
E crowd.