The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-10-28

drill They were In the act OF level
ing of some loose dirt right under
where they had been trimming. to
lay n block II wood to rig up the post
Of their machine ON. The back of the
stope was about q feet from the
pile Of dirt they were standing on.
They must nave been in STOPPING
position when piece OF ground broke
off above them striKing them on their
heads and shoulders and killing them
instantly.
Emil Alnes and Edwin Anderson
had been working as partners in
this stope and they had been drilling
about 20 feet away from where August
and George Petronich were killed.
Aues and Anderson went down into
the Bra level few minutes before the
accident occurred. 10 get some machine
drills and they heard a fall of ground
while in the level and they called 10
George and August Petronich but re-
ceived no answer. They went mp in
the stope and found George and August
Petronich partly buried mp with the
fall Of ground
Emil Alnes aud Edwin Anderson
then gave the alarm and when hello
arrived they took out George and
August Petronich and found that they
were both dead
George and August Petrcnich were
brothers, unmarried, and between 20
and % years OF age and OF German
descent.
A fatal accident occurred at the Dunn
mine June LIST. about 2 30 a. IN.
Ed. Larson, a pump man came TO his
death by being struck with the cage.
Ed. Larson. John Nelson. Jacob
Mackie and Nick Pierson. about 80
n m. were sent down the Dunn shaft
about 200 feet from surface 10 put in n
new gasket in a hange joint ON the
discharge pipe in place Of the old one
that had blown out. They found 1t
was necessary 10 get jackscrew TO
lift the discharge pipe above the joint
In order to get new gasket in. John
Nelson, Jacob Mackie and Nick Pier
son got on the cage to 20 TO the bottom
of the shaft to get the jackscrew.
distance Of 400 feet and left Ed. Larson
on the platform where they were TO
work. They went to the bottom Of
the shaft and got the jackscrew and
started up the shaft on the cage.
When they were quite Always up in
the shaft from the bottom they heard
some one call and they looked up the
shaft and saw Ed. Larson standing on
a wall-plate on the cage compartment
with his head projecting into the shaft
from the wall-plate that was above his
back. The cage came up and striking
him under the chin jammed his head
and neck against the wall plate that
was above his back and almost severed
his head from his body and when the
cage passed above this wall plate. his
body swung into the shaft and fell to
stopped at the place where they were
going TO put in the gasket.
The cage was then lowered and they
found that while they were gone for
the jackscrew Ed. Larson had climbed
down the ladder road a distance of
about 80 feet from where the were
going TO work and walked out on the
wall plate on the cage compartment,
where he was struck by the cage.
For what reason he left his palce of
working and climbed down the shaft
to this point where ne was struck by
the cage, no one can tell.
He was young, unmarried man
Of Finnish descent.
No. NJ.
A fatal accident cccured at the Beta
mine June -. about 90 .. IN.
Romano Pedni laborer came TO his
death by being smothered with loose
dirt in No. raise between the 2nd and
Bird 10, els of the Beta mine.
Romano Pedni was engaged in
throwing some broken dirt into raise
on sublevel about 40 feet above the
back OF the lrd level This raise was
put up from the back of the Bird level
TO the sub-level and at the 3rd level
there was a chute in the bottom of this
raise. At the time that Romano Pedni
was engaged in throwing dirt into
the raise WAS full of dirt
and the dirt was level with where
he was working on the top of the
raise.
AT 90 r. m. Of June 18th the shift
boss and Romano Pedni went to this
sub level and the shift. boss told Ro-
mano TO shovel pile of dirt onto the
top OF the raise. This pile Of dirt that
hes was shoveliDg from was about 10
feet from the top of the raise The
shift. boss told Romano not to go on the
top Of that raise where he was throw
ing the dirt TO. because the trammers
were going 20 tram from the chute
apn Ia ms ght 90 d,.rn Nth "a. Jtwt