The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-11
Name of One Of Killed Men Learned
to Be G. W. Turner...SpIendid
Work Being Done...Men Talk

Placed in the highest spirits by the
news that they will probably be out
Christmas day and in spite of the
fact that they are entombed a thou
sand feet under the surface and that
it will be many days before their
comrades, under the most favorable
circumstances, can reach them, are
the three men in the Alpha shaft of
the Giroux Mining Co., who know
that no effort is being spared that
will be conducive to their safety and
all are resigned to the period which
will still have to be endured before
they can see either loved ones or
friends.
We're feeling fine said r. A.
Bailey through the phone connect
ing with the surface, to News rep
resentative who visited the mine yes
terday. We know that the men on
top are doing all they can for us and
we are confident that it will not be
any great length of time before we
shall see daylight again. We are in
absolutely no danger here. The men
on top are working in far worse po-
sition than is ours. Pete Mcdonald
and Fred Brown want their friends
to know that they are comfortable
and safe as we know all are worried
about us. We have everything that
we want. We even have cots, which
we have made from the small tim
bers and the packing from the pump
pipe.
"How does it feel to be stuck
away down in a hole like this? Well
| can't say that | feel any difference
now that | am entombed, from the
times when | was working in any
ordinary place, where all ! had to do
was to give the signal and be hoist
ed to the top. or course we We're
pretty badly frightened, all three of
us, for a few hours after the acci-
dent, but since we have been in COM
munication with our friends neither
of us has felt the slightest uneasi-
ness. We are in absolutely no dan
ger. The only possible thing which
could harm us is rising water and on
the 900 foot level we are about II
feet above the water level of the
shaft
While the men underground are
expectantly waiting for their re-
lease, at the surface their friends are
hoping and praying that it will be
soon. Beside their friends, r. A
Bailey, pumpman, aged 35, has
wife and two small children who long
for him. Pete Mcdonald, aged 20
years, is anxiously waited for by a
brother who is employed at the shaft
and is bending every effort to aid ear
Iy release. Fred Brown, aged 40,
while unmarried, has many friends
who will be glad to take him by the
hand when he steps forth free man.
While their friends wait for them
there are others who mourn for G..
w. Turner, alias "Slim," aged 32,
and for his companion, Mike Con
stanti, aged %, who were first in
jured and then suffocated by the dust
of the cave-in on the day of the ac-
cident. Both of these men were un-
married. Clad in the knowledge that
the three men who are alive will ul-
timately be brought to the surface,
ioy is not unmixed with sorrow caus-
ed by the fate of their two compan-
ions.
1t was expected that lifting of
muck from the shaft would commence
Monday night, but this was rendered
impossible and it was only at 6
O'Clock yesterday morning that the i'm
mense hole caused by the cave-in was
filled sufficiently to allow this work
to be thought of. j. A. Gallagher OF
the Veteran shaft of the Cumberland
Ely stated that this morning about 10