The Monte Vista journal., 1908-01-25
RESCUED FROM
LIVING TOMB
THREE NEVADA MINERS ARE
BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE
uNHARMEo.
AFTER foRTy.sIx DAYS
WERE IMPRISONED MORE THAN
ONE THOUSAND FEET uN.
DER GROUND.

O6U WUSONOs
Ely, Nev.-Aftef having been en-
tombed forty.six days in the Alpha
shaft Of the Giroux mine, A. D. Bailey.
?. ]. Brown and Fred Mcdonald have
been rescued. Al $3.50 Saturday night
Bailey was brought out Fourteen min
utes later Mcdonald came to the sur
face. while ten minutes afterward
Brown was brought up.
whistles all over the district blew
loudly. while crowds cheered In the
streets Of Ely. while every bell In the
town was ringing.
About 8 o'clock the fact that IN en-
try to the surface Of the debris IN tho
main way had been effected was tels-
phoned to the men anxiously waiting
on top. The entombed men had been
working several hours in digging their
way to freedom from the 1.00ofoot
level. the rescuers at the same time do.
ing al in their power to remove the
earth that was blocking the mouth q
the 1.0oo-foot tunnel.
To the anxious crowd waiting around
the SHAFT mouth the bell signallsd
'Ons. two. three. hoist away" and
upon realization Of this fact, load
cheer burst from the throns. Sud.
denly the bucket rose to The surface.
In It was one q the rescue party sup
porting Bailey.
His Arst coherent question - he
vss being half led. half carried to the
SHAFT house was about his wife.
Ars. Bailey was not present, one q
her caildrsa bsing ~. and she Pre-.
fssrsd to meet her husband at their
home. whore no throag a curious peo
pie would b watching. Bailey sooa u,
clared himself su0e3eutly rested -
nAke ~ tSdp, Wheeo ~. west sooa
ofeegwos1s 01UoeeeeA - 01fAoe - ~
10 fr1eAA ar
AAoeA~ sAouG q joy seAosl whsa
yfel AeDoaalA was brought out "a
ovea - tAo care OF those aAxioualy
Wa3tiag, . bsp&Asr and several ffisaAs.
Hotsf Brown received - great a
ovat3oa Iron he crowd - either a tho
oGAoso.
On IL noeaiAg a Dscsmbse "a.
1cDoaAA. Brown a1A Bailey anA two
0feeks were WORKING n Tie bottom q
~ thseo compartment shaft, eighty.
ove lost te1Uw' the ,pamp eaAtioa ga
1,0oS took below tie surface, TIE
ave.i1 oeesfrsd q O'Clock. Ths
eaSle Used 70 Aaul The cage iron the
third compartment q The oAafe
s1apeed and Thousands a toas q
.oeks. Debris and timbsfs fell down
Ato Tie SHAFT. yro0 ~ bottom q
IL compartment n which Tie nso
were working % tAo pumping station,
. distance q eighty Ave foet, aieesiso
4 slcksty laAders o9eseA ~ ooly
Dea1o a escape.
VIA fAlli1g roclD 81 o1nhego
streaming AoWn uDoa tho0, ~ I've
ma struggled up tAooo ladders. Han
wy % All1Ag t10bogS kDochol ~
I've Greeks fsoo IL 'laAAee. kitltAg
tAea. Bailey. lleDoaalA aal Brown
managed 70 re1eA ~ pump station.
NJ veil tiDberoA roo0 VithstooA
~ rock aaA ttnbee that eano 6ovA
H. sAa4k, aaA oGsgo1 thea Gholtee a
oaSoty. Here ~ ~ 1foe ~ a1tee
e1o cavoaA' IL ~ e1ooeAo4, VAllo
& Intervals tAey oooA heas ~ SoehD
aal tiDeoso ssasAing abevo TN.
~ 1fge Z w. tAeq0At tAa4. al1 -
- ~ Dos1GAo1, ~ tWooty4oue
heqss a1ee1 ~ eaVo.io ~ tAsoe ~
W. eoeoD6e1 he Dsnpfag statioA
01WOo4 - 0ake Themselves hard b.
tapplag upoa ~ sox-iasA water Pipe
hat 0ereecAeA ffo0 ~ ponplng ofa.
t3oa - th0 surface.
Il was this pipe that vas ths means
& 0aviAg ~ lives q IL nea. VIVA
eoo0ooSoatSoe vas once established
via tAo world above ana he nsa
oe6e kpowl ~ Inst that thsy were
eejn alive. toed and water were loV.
efed thsoaSA tAe PIPE. A laf0o oup-
p'y ves sent Down. 90 Il Was tAouskt
poee,eje that tAe p1po eo0Dunicatloo
night - cut q befoeo ~ rooopinR
party ooull reach tAe tmps1oo0ol ~.
est throughout tAses leag weeks e =.
psseoooeot this pipe hos beoa n 6oify
~. 4 poetA1te tslepAo0o Wa ~.
~ 49, ~ ~ Woeo aDjo 70 tan
VITA tho DeoD3o ebovo. Thio ts3opAooo
oes eeeo = al0eoe constant ~.
nsea6o eoe1tne tAe0 ~ Ne ueene ~
eswo e IL eutsl1o vogll ~ ~,
oafeo q eAeee.
~ vesk q rsseus was uoee peril.
- ~ ~ mn vho were oaeaesl n
- u Deck q ~ beoe 0i1oSS ~
aoeee M q ~ oa0p. Voe1oi q
ewoAouf 0Aifts. Theeo W. ooas1asA
eeaese tAat ~ loese 800 tlFoneH
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