The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-15
Is GLOOMY FOR ASPEN.
THO GREAT SILVER MINING CAMP
MAY HAVE TO CLOSE.
Fire Breaks out In the smnggIcr.
which Threatens. All other Zig
Mines-Chnnces Of It's stopping.

Aspen, Colo. November ii.--A fire that
gives fair premise OF closing down every
big mine In the camp Is raging IN the
eighth iayei Of tho smueglcr mine. The
cause Of the catastrophe h supposed to he
SPONTANEOUS combustion. although there
arc tsw who are hscliaeJ TO the theory
tsat careless miner and IA candle are
responsible. so far the lire Is confined TO
large crib and Is burgAng at Il point
abou; eight hundred feet below tho CUR
face, This crib Is eighty feet wide lst
feet hong and 500 feet wide. 1t contains
many thousands Of cords Of dry timber so
far az known these t.nibers have nor
broken into b,aze, but the suppositioa Is
that the entire basse OF tho crib Is burn
ing. All Efforts 10 reach the are have
proved unsuccessful and an attcmpt 10
pace the bnlkhcads Ia connection came
heae losJg the HIVES of some lilty men.
Over forty OF those men were % over
come by The deadly gds that Tor u time
th<sr lives were 4eepaired OF.
me o,HihtuE GRO W fyea tei .Lbont thirty
isct in.In TIE Mol.it GlOsUn mine aud the
S,nAeSitr eoailcnttoa fucs-siled drMlRnt
Tor tue frs. ine Name Gibson people
asteI"ptsi To bR.kne,lsl their connect "a
bui came near so5lng a number OF men
AT cnv t.rte twelve unCss s,s,ous miners
were lsAsted fresli the lt,ii,e and stretched
Out Oh The saaAt louaai tnoor. Shorty
tt"fcalivr SIX nlps'e wIre. ho.stcd out IN
a-i 0aiy slightly less svctons condition. AL
IN usai IshyAe!aits were on ihe GROUND IL
toon tins tk$rgetc and vigorous efforts of
GIL the bySfaliderS TO br9ng these men
around withaw iiiroo-,l,aprters OF al hour
miner H.tis'eG I'D lloaEsor. while IN u
dd1Qd condit 90, fol Il. WA al Gre chute
a AZ, sustaisl ses'olis although, 1t Is be-
lieNed, not faEtl gijufies,
~. iv,sp p. M hlslaluStr Hallet. Master
Mecharmo Cursor and Cageni.vn Wright
made trip intp the bHrnane ir.no through
the Tree silver SHAFT, lAiiho,teh under.
giohlh .ess tlsia ilfttAn minutes they We're
al overcome by gas and hal u nilracr-
lous escape from death
NlaiARar HHllett. whom asked Ms TO the,
pgNtpeet OF saving the burning mine, said
There are two possible chaacea One
" tnat the fire can be extinguished hy
steim, Which wa will.sforce In from he.
sow. the other that the Are viii soon c,stl.
sumo The Grub and cause q cave-in tlp1
smother the fire, There IL IN, danger OF
me gas causing an explosion Ftaadieic
Inc property VIII not Intentionally be ro-
sorted 10, Although conditions may rlsa
thai viii make II unavoidable"
10 Hood the name means the drcwniNg
out az all the big mines Maaagar coy
or The Noodle GIBSON, spcalss9< OF the sIt
tattoih said that they We're WORKING mn
ne coaild form no idea OF what the result
a force of men arc at work nutt,nv a, a
steam lire IN The eighth lcvts. Manarer
Haiiett states that no expects Ia have
thus w operation by O'clock tonorr1w
nitrniig. Should tho disaster prove ~ fnr
,ss,g as y generaly supposed to-
naSht, Aspen nv y mining camn VIII III
seldom heard from until silver r.,,rhcs y
figure far beyond ITS present vnl,a +"