The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
EXPERIMENTS SHOW THERE IS AIR IN THE THIRD GALLERY
 OF THE MINE.
One Body Was Brought to the Sur face That Was Still Warm Many died from Affffixia-
 ton and Starvation.

Fadden and Barney Dougherty. two miners, penetrated 120 feet into the third vein of the St. Paul mine early today, accomplishing what the rescu' CTS have sought for eight days.
 They found no dead nor living men in the gallery, but both men express ed confidence that majority, If not all of the 150 miners imprisoner in this vein are barricaded in pockets and alive.
 One dead mule was the only object seen in the shaft by explorers.
 They found in the gallery only | few inches of the tons of water that have been poured into the mine. The air, while stagnant, was pure enough to sustain life, the men experiencing no difficulty in travelling the 120 feet from the shaft from which they en- tered. One of the first things done by the men was to close a door open between the two shafts. This insures thorough circulation of air through the shaft, which will penetrate any barricade erected by the prisoners.
 There i5 no doubt in my mind :" said McFadden, that the men are hack there behind the "bradishes' and waiting for US to come. Any ordinary miner can live nine days without food and these men were good miners.
 Behind the 'braisches' they llSrobaat- ly could not hear us coming down in the cage tonight, but they will feel that fresh air in few minutes and they will know that we are On the way
 Yes interrupted Dougherty, when We go down there in the morn ing we will find the boys waiting for us. They are alive I tell you, they are alive,"
 And the group of men about the two shook hands, others slapped their fellows on the shoulders. as they echoed: "Yes, they are alive, boys; they're alive"
 Work of the exploring parties was discontinued for a few hours after the return of the two men to the surface, while nasty preparations were made to equip party that early today ex- poets to penetrate every opening of the lowest shaft of the mine.
 Cherry, IL, Nov. 22.-Gruesome tok- ems of the futile fight for life by the men taken out dead today were found close beside the bodies On the walls of the shaft had been fashioned rude wooden pin wheels. shaped in the fashion of ventilating fans and intend ed to bring at least some current of air to the lips of "a dying man.
 Boards torn from the timbering of the mine had been crudely nailed or tied about the handles of the miners picks. These the men had turned by hand, standing close to them to gasp any oxygen stirred by the movement of the improvised ventilating fans. Close beside these the largest groups of the dead were found
 Cherry. H.. Nov. 22.--An opening to the third vein, or the lowest level, of the St. Paul mine was forced short ly before midnight tonighE. The re- mopal of bodies or the rescue of scores perhaps imprisoned in the vein will begin before daybreak
 Tests made late tonight showed the existence of air in the lower vein Candles lowered into 1t on strings had the flame snuffed away from the shaft, indicating the presence of an air current in the vein. Thousands of gallons of water have been poured in the gallery in the effort to extinguish the fires in the level above it.
 With air and water in abundance in the mine, hope for the rescue of those within it is strong in the breast Of those watching above it.
 The opening that has been cleared Is G continuation of the main shaft The shaft proper ends at the second vein, but to the gallery, 167 feet be. low, smaller opening extends. to which a sn'all cage runs. This cage was attached to the larger cage with a rope and shortly before midnight the effort to bring it to the second level was begun
 That the cage would contain bodies of the dead on its first trip or be crowded with living was the ardent expectation of those working to lift it.
 It was asserted that the miners, hearing the moving of the machinery would hasten to the cage and that It's fi5st trip would add as many to the Est of rescued as the cor would hold
 The recovering of forty-two bodies