Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-10

working in short shifts and timber
ing as they go along, miners are work
irr with all the strength that they
Command 20 rescue George Peterson
and Jerry Peterson. the miners en-
tambed i'm ST. Patricks mine in
Huehos canyon, al the lower end Of
Rs cottonwood canyon The distance
.auarating the rescuers is from eight
Co nine feet. and according to NJ. NJ.
Johnson Samuel Newhouse's chief en-
sineer. il may be a few hourss before
tho men are taken out OF it may be
mo day As only one man may be
work at a time i'm loading the car
the task is a heavy one and 1t may
require as much as l25 car loads Of
dirt TO rescue the men.
The two imprisoned men report they
are feeling good but piufully call up
900 the men TO hasten the work. Tho
iron pipe that allows them TO talk
with the outside world cannot be used
loo carry food 10 them aud they have
been since Monday noon without
uoIrishmont.
RESCUE PARTY.
Among those to arrive at the mine
this morning we're Maurice NJ. john
son. Mr Newhouse's chief engineer
Harry Knight mining man and PM
fiynn. an expert miner. They anne
iu an automobile and were sent Co the
place boy Mr. Newhouse. After inspect
ing the work and asccrtaining con-
ditions Mr.. Johnson declared that the
.lco Of the tunnel for the rescue work
is now within eight or nine feet Of the
PAINFULLY SLOW WORK
The ground in the tunnel is very wet
and IL is moved with difficulty. on ac-
count of the small space but enc man
can work az loading the car az dime.
According 20 my judgment IL viii re-
guire the removal of 1876 cars before
the man can be reached. During four
eours this morning only three cars
we're taken out.
The Pctersons are talking through
DE pipes with their friends ON the out
DE world They declare they are ter
IDLY hungry Air BIS being forced
through the pipe by means of q black
mith forge Am atetmpt was made
tp send some fool into the men hy
means OF the pipe but this was abau-
Toned for fear that IL would got
Diosged and the air would Doe cut OF.
CAUGHT MONDAY
Tho men are sons-in-law Of A. L.
Buck an engineer az Bingham They
we're caught in the cayc-in Monday
.lternoou. something about 4 o'clock.
rhey were not found by the rescue
party until S o'clock Monday night.
a large crowd OF miners from the
Naxhold mine are al Hughes canyon
This morning watching operations con.
Gallagher Of Murray with his brothers.
n. j., and T.. J.. Garragher OF the Max
.-il mine expert miners, are toiling
bard TO save tho men. They are ace
iiaving each other az intervals. a num-
Der OF other well known mining men
ato present and an that can be dome
BE- being done.
The cave-in occurred about e. feet
rom the face OF the tunnel This
space is five feet high and about a
ard wide
SCENE An TUNNEL
Tho news OF the cave-,n and the
danger the two men were in continue
Iu attract men from AN the noighborlng
'ottlcments. until there was am attend
once of % men during yesterday after
noon. an willing and anxious 20 do
anything In their power To- release the
Imprisoned men. who, as the day wore
con-. were monaced with death by
browning in addition to the danger OF
funocatlon and starvation. The wives
Uf tao men went % the mouth of the
tunnel several times during thu day.
in The forenoon Jerry Peterson spoke
with his wife through the tube quite
'hHfuulIy. but "a spirit OF depression
seemed 90 come over tho mon as night
came on aud the danger of the situ-
alton grew upon them The fact that
il. rcscucrs We're hampered lu their
ork by other additional caves. also
helped tO depress the mon AZ evening
advanced, tho danger from hunger was
removed. Although on account OF tne
pipe being small ana located 200 near Che
ground lt was found Impossible to
transmit solid food, the idea occurred
40 some one that by inserting O. rubber
tube % would he possible 90 eot milk in
io thc men THIS was done during the
night, and was partially successful. ana
helped to restore the chcerfulness ot
ihc mon, Encouraging words were Hlso
gIFCn hy those who Wrrc strliuIuE
trefy nerve 90 get tho dIrt outside inr
tunnel This work was pushed to ODE
limit all night A band of about 3D.
t1ilers stayed near hy nll night watt
IIg to take thalr places lu tna tune
ral hWon their companions needed rest
DO was "a cold night but b.r hIe was
made at the mouth of th. tunnel Hld
around lts warmth the men who were
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