The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-15
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cSlNcu an encouraging report after
heroic efforts had been made today
TO open the mine for the release OF
the eniombed men or for the discovery
of the dead
From the son of one OF the missing
miners. Young man named John
Reid the railroad president heard that
concussiOn of the earth had been
felt by farmers half a mile south OF
The main shaft The report was. sent
to Henry Burke, an official OF the
mining company Burke rushed 10
President Farling In the office OF tho
company.
-Tye heard signals from the men,.
he said eXcitedly.
What do YOU mcan?" asked tho
railroad president. What signals?"
John Reds boy says that he and
farmers whose land is over the south.
crn end of the mine felt several con.
cusSions Of the earth this afternoon.
There were several shocks, and the
men who felt them are convinced they
were shots fred by the imprisoned
miners and that they were meant for
an assurance that at least some were
alive"
L
Is. at least. encouraging"
This glimmcr of light TO the dark,
ened homes in Cherry tonight follow.
ed other encouraging. though doubt
full. theories of experts that the on
tombed hundreds may not have been
suifocated, and that oxygen enough
remains in the mines to keep tbcm
alive until the shafts may he reopencd
After the third attempt to explore
conditions. R Y Williams OF Urbana
ILL.,, Of the United States Geological
Survey, who superintended the work
Of volunteers explorers. teleGraphed
to Uirhana for more rescue apparatus
This Is expected 10 arrive early to-
morrow and score Of men have vol
unteercd 10 accompany the experts
and mining inspectors into the air
shaft opened today. Three times Mr
Williams and Henry Smith. one oi
the volunteers, were lowered into tho
mine In bucket Each time they
succeeded in penetrating deeper into
the shaft Each time they said the
temperature was bearable
To open the sealed main shaft
and exit OF the mine was impossible
Mine Superintendent steele that they
felt certain definite results could be
obtained tomorrow When eNplora
tons were abandoned tonight 1t was
announced that men fitted with oXyger
caps would resume operations earl!
as possible,
The list of missing was compiled
| today in the offices OF the mining com
pany It reached 3S5. including thc
| dead whose charred bodies were taker
from burning cages Saturday after
noon 1t was declared probable tha
this list might be increased
One hundred and seventy men who
entered the mine Saturday morning
have been accounted for. The com
pany had scores of tracers at worl
rounding up employees. Tonight com
pany officials said the number OF mel
In the mine was greater than they
first had believed possible.
Among the missing arc many Amer
leans who have lived in the mininc
section Of Illinois for years Thougl
the majority of those who NAV neVeI
be found alive are foreign born, ye
all had their homes here or in tht
surrounding towns and villages. Grie
over their probable fate has cast {
pail over the community.
Cherry today held thousands OF per
sons. and before noon The ST. Pau
mine was surrounded by an almos
uncomfortable mob
Officials early in the day Swor'
in force OF deputies to handle th'
crowd. Scores of trains from Strcat
or, Mendoza, L.add. Spring Valley, Ii
Sale. Ottawa and other towns wer,
nun. When experts had drilled n hole
through the concrete at the top Of thu
second vein and all preparations made
10 lower Mr.. Williams and his volun
teer explorers, the scene at the m1nc
was dramatic
Along the railroad tracks and IL
fields on the east and west of tho
! shaft was a wall of humanity. Stou
ropes and policemen kept back the
throng.
1t was a silent, but not undcmon
strative. assemblage. Occasionally q
womau's wall broke the stiffness, Fow
men appeared. oxygen bags on thoiI
shoulders and steel and glass covered
hoods over their heads.
|
, Irrbana his assistant James r Wcbt
of the University of Illinois: James
Hand OF Spring Valley and Henry
Smith OF Peru. Later Mine Inspector
James Taylor of Peoria donned the
regalia-
A score of men were ready 10 as
! sist them A system of signals hac
been prepared Two men we're sta
toned at the top OF the shaft VIII
Jams and Smith prepared 10 descend
Inspector TAYLOR drilled them In theiT
signals.
The men who were TO undertake the
exploration nodded assent. Engineer
Cowley. at the hoist that controlled
the iron bucket in which Williams and
Smith were standing. announced his
readiness. and the first men o enter
the ST. Paul mine since the explosion
were slowly lowered
When sixty feet down the signal TO
raise came and was at once obeyed.
The helmel-co covered explorers soon re-
appeared.
"The bucket Is not hung right" said
Williams. "lt strikes and bounds In
the shaft 1t must be re-balanced.
This work required some time.
Meanwhile Williams and Smith eX-
planned to the mining officials and the
company mon that the shaft was filed
with smoke and that their powerful
electric lanterns would not penetrate
the gloom. When repairs had been
made an hour later and with
Hand. Webb and Taylor at the wheel,
the explorers descended again.
For $40 feet the bucket went down.
Then came the signal for ascent.
When the men re-appcarcd Williams
said
I'VE found an obstruction at 10