Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-20
SEVEN MEXICAN MINERS
Are Asphyxiated in the Buena
 Sierra Mine During i c a Fire.
DESPERATE STRUGGLE .
 REACH SURFACE.

CHIHUAHUA. Mex, June 1s.-Early last Tuesday morning the news spread over the city that seven miners had lost their lives in the Buenna Tierra mine of the Sta Eulalia Exploration Go. at Santa Eulalia. The report proved only too true and seven Mexi- can miners, including a contractor were found dead within 20 feet of the surface of the ground where they all. in trying to escape. had succumbed to the smoke winch had tiIled the old workings. The fire was in the timbers of what is known as the Jackson shaft" which had been sunk about 300 feet by the former manager, Prof. R. D. Jackson, but had been discontinued by the present management and is not now used.
 There were 22 men working in the mine at the time and all escaped but the seven who died as stated and one boy who was found alive with the seven dead men. He was rescued but is still very sick
 It appears that these seven men, were working in a different part of the mine. The fire must have been started about one o'clock on Tues day morning and was first discovered about 2 a. m. from the smoke coming out of the shaft which was sunk down through antigua workings. There was only about 60 feet of the shaft tim bered and apparently the fire start ed at the lower part of the timbers, and as this working is considerable distance away from where any of the H. s T. fire is yet unexplained. There is one miner missing, and although the en- tire workings of the mine have been found nor can the authorities or mine superintendent get any trace of him.
 The smoke, gas and heat spread from the burning timbers through the old workings to where the seven men were at their labor. They were on what is called the first level and they tried to escape but made the mistake in trying to get out by their usual route through the old workings, climb ing the chicken ladders" and were overcome. as stated, when one more ladder would have taken them to the surface. Two men did escape by this route but they reached the surface in an exhausted condition just as Supt. Jack Hitchins and Donald Best who khad been notified of the fire, reached the scene. Messrs. Hitchins and Best tried to enter the mine but were driv- en back by the smoke. Mir. Hitchins notified the other mines and the au- thorities in Santa Eulalia and Roy Mathewson went down in the mine by the Gasalina mine shaft and warned the rest of the miners who escaped | by that route. Mir. Hitchins also broke his water pipe and turned the water onto the fire in the shaft. He notified general manager, Dr. H. Nel- son Jackson by phone here in this city and the latter sent up assistant man. ager F. Chappallet by the first train
 to Santa Eulalia on Tuesday morning.
 Everything possible. was done by Supt. Hitchins and his men to rescue the miners but it was too late. The
 management of the company appreci.
 ate the efforts made by the authorities
 in Santa Eulalia and by Gov. Creel
 The governor sent officers and doc
 tors out by a special train on Tues day morning to investigate. Nc
 blame is attached to the management for this calamity, the cause of which cannot be explained as yet.
 I Nice, cool, refreshing beer in town at the Maze.