Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-09
TRAGEDIES OF THE MINES.
Curious Accidents That Have Happened to
Delivers After Hidden Treasure.

Curious Accidents That Have Happened to
Delivers After Hidden Treasure.
lin this line of work wo come across
escapes. said Deputy Mine Inspector
Frank Hun.er the other night, Zone
thing struck me long ago, and that is
how much IL takes to kill man some-
times and how easily tho thread of life
is often snapped,
Down in Colorado knewaa fellow
who plunged down 500 feet in single
compartment shaft He went to tho
bottom, but did not break bone, or
course he was pretty badly Jared up
and good deal frightened, but he was
| all right again in \ day or two, When
he fell, ho went down feet first, and u
big oilskin that he wore opened out ut
! the bottom and acted as u parachute.
He said the last part Of his descent was
so much slower than tho first that he
hardly thought he was dropping at all
and half expected to remain suspended
| in the shaft, like Mohammed's coffin.
| NEARLY always when man falls
any distance he turns over, IL he starts
feet downward and finishes his piunSe
head first, have seen number OF
eases where tho man fell with his boots
IN and was found harefooted when he
was picked up, suppose this is because
tho blood goes to the head, making the
feet smaller, and besides the pressure oil
tho mir upon the heel and counter acts
MS n bootjack. "
~ had to so over to Sand Coulee TO
investigate an accident IN which one
man was killed and another had three
ribs broken. Speaking of Sand Couloe,
Il struck mo Mhllo l was there that " /
wanted 60 commit suicide would go
there to do It, | don't mean that life
becomes such burden In tho coal coun-
try that tho tics that bind aro more
easily severed than elsewhere, hut that
Il affords unsurpassed facilities for u
cheap aud happy dispatch. It's won
dor TO mo that some Of tho many peo-
plo who annually launch themselves
into eternity from Butte do not take
tho Sand Coulco route. 81
Down III the coal mines there il
ono passage that is threo miles long, and
i'll some Of the chambers air does not
seem To circulate. Upon tho walls
there il u gathering Of moisture, and IL
you pun a cigar in ono OF these cham
bers tho smoke will seek the walls
whore 1t clings with an undulating
NOV 'mcnt lilto spray Of weeds under
running water That dow Oh the walls
Is white damp, and the dead air Of the
chamber where il IL found is poisonous
In few minutes feeling Of drowsi.
ness steals over man who broathes It,
aud before long he is asleep and dreams
ing dolicously so those say who have
bcon rosuscitntcd, But the sleep is akin
To that of the lost traveller over whose
numbod limbs tho arctic snow eddies
and drifts, for unless help comes soon
there IN no awakening, II, however, tho
ycnturesome explorer of these under
ground doathtrnps realizes his danger
in time and manages TO stuggor out In
to tho fresh mir. ho has an experience
10 undergo which may cause him to re-
grot that ho did not remain inside. Ev-
cry bono and muscle aches with tho In
tolerahlo poignancy that is known 10
nvalesconts from yellow fever, Tho
treatment is simple, hnt effective. 30.
ing nearly dead, tho sufferer IN nearly
buried. A hole ia dug III tho soft earth,
and tho victim il made to stand up IN II
while tho dirt il thrown in around him
until only his head issoen above ground.
This seems TO draw out tho soreness,
and in IA short time tho patient has full.
ly recovered, Butte tMon Miner