The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-10-28
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Of the drills fell down the shaft and
lodged on the first wall-plate under
the surface and. M far AS the witnesses
could learn. they judged that the drill
was about 4 feet long and IL leaned
against the back OF the skip. This
skip Is OF skip-cage type. Three
men got on the cross head OF the skip.
two men on the back OF the skip and
Matt Jyllia got on the front part OF the
skip. The skip started TO descent and
had gone foot or 80 when the drill
caught in the rim OF the skip aud
caused the skip to dump about .
inches. Matt Jyllia loosened his hold
and fell over into the west compart-
ment Of the shaft His body was found
at the bottom of the shaft and was
badly broken up. He was OF Finnish
descent and about 20 years old and a
single man.
This shaft consists of 8 compart-
ments. The west end Of the shaft IL
. IT. 10 #. and is used for skip or
cage road. The east end Of the shaft
is divided into compartments and
each compartment is . IT. . IT, one
compartment is used for a skip road
and the other one for ladder and pipe
road, and there Is a divider between
the compartments. The skip in the
east end Of the shaft was the one on
which accident occurred When the ski
dumped it dumped about q inches and
struck agaist the divider and then fell
back into its right position again
Men are strictly forbidden to ride on
the skip. as there Is good lsdder-road
from the surface TO the bottom OF the
mine.
A fatal accident occurred at the
Bristol mine December 81, about II 80
a. IN. William Granville. "A miner,
came TO his death by fall Of ground
in No. 2 south stope between the 4th.
and 9Th. levels of the mine. Vim.
Granville and Eric Runback had been
working in this No. 2 Slope, back
stopping. and the ore that they had been
breaking down in the stope was left
In the stope. 80 any time after
blasting the miners could stand on the
dirt and trim their back. At the time
that this accident occurred the back OF
the stope was about feet high from
the broken dirt. About 8 O'Clock OH
the morning that the accident occurred.
Captain Frangquist came into the stope
and told Granville and RunbacK that
the stope was stopped from bringing
down any more ore for the time and
he told them to go all over the back Of
the stope and to trim down all the
loose ground that they could find.
After that they were TO blast all the
big chunks they could see on top of
the dirt. They went to work and
trimmed the back of the stope until
about III O'Clock. then Granville and
Runback came 10 the conclusion that
the back OF the stope was safe TO 60
under. They went, then, 10 get some
powder TO blast the big chunks VIM.
Granville was In STOPPING position
putting some powder ON chunk of
ore TO blast it, when sharp edged
piece OF ground broke off above his
head and struck him In the head. xii.
ling him instantly. Eric Runback was
standing by his side when the accident
occurred, but he received no injuries
VIM. Granville was a single man OF
about % years OF age and Of English
descent.
No. III.
One fatal accident occurred at the
Bristol mine Feb. IL. about $40 a. m.
John Koski, miner came 10 his death
by falling down the shaft John Koski
and 4 or other men got on the skip
At surface and rode 10 the 4th.. level,
when they got 10 the 4th level, none
OF the men had any light. One of the
men said. stop "a minute boys until
/ strike match and get light =
Before they got their lights. John
Koski stepped off the skip into the
west compartment of the shaft, sup
posing that he was going 20 step into
the station.
He fell 10 the bottom OF the shaft q
distance OF 200 feet and was killed.
They don't keep any light at this
station on the changing of shifts.
because there is powder house in the
level few feet from the station and
on the changing of shifts all lights
are put out 10 avoid accidents.
They are strictly forbidden to ride
on the skip and there is good lad
der-road from the bottom Of. the mine
20 the surface. John Koksi was OF
Finnish descent
No. ~.
A fatal accident occurred az the
Tobin mine on the morning Of Feb.
10. about 90 a. M. Mike Che Mack
tiammer came to his death by falling
n a..