Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-03-20


Last week in the Car, that part Of
it snown as the Southwest" country.
two miners. Frank Campbell and 7
H. Hooking picked into a hole that
had missed fire and had laid there
Tor about Is months one OF these
men viii probably lose his eye sight.
Although both are injured and will
never be as good physically rs they
were before this accident befeli them.
it IS hoped that a rapid recovery to
fair health will be made. This is, one
foe that claims the life and limbs of
many men who work in the depths Of
the earth. forcing nature 10 give up its
mineral wealth. These accidents are
unavoidable and they win continue to
happen as long as mining is carried on.
We have a boy that belongs 20 the
camp. who happened TO the same kind
of an accident in the same shaft not
long ago and who is now totally
blind This boy ran the candy and
cigar stand az the depot for quite
awhile III give YOU a few facts and
simple and inexpensive remedy
which viii reduce these accidents TO
minimum. This remedy I hope
viii be given q fair trial These two
men went into an old abandoned drift,
they began 10 clean it out and put in
track. when they were picking up the
bottom or floor of the drift they
picked into an old hole containing a
charge of powder This hole had been
drilled. oaded and fired with a num-
Der of others some time. this partic-
ular one missed fire" in other words
it failed to go off or explode at that
time. The drift was discontinued.
nothing more was thought Of it until
81 was decided to 90 farther ahead
with the drift
When these two men were sent into
it. perhaps they were two who had
not worked there before. again ii may
have been under a different foreman
or shift boss who did not know that
this powder had been laying there
crystalizing. only awaiting a jar to
set il off in order to make orphans or
widows of the dear ones at home
These miss holes like the mid
night murderer are generally concealed
IN the dark. and pounee upon the vic
tim Unexpectedly. therefore all men
under ground should be more cautious.
give my remedy a fair trial and cut
these accidents down to a minimum.
At q great many mines. especially
the Warren district. there is a black
board and a man, who writes down on
this board all "miss-holes~ that are re-
ported 70 him by the shift that is
coming off This board is in a con
suicuous place where the men going
on can easily see If his particular
stope drift. raise or what not, has
q reported ~niss-hole'' This IS a good
scheme. but let US go further, for
example: Today's SHIFT comes off. re
ports two "miss-hoiesr in drift No. 8
81 the 400 level. tonight the men in
stead OF going in drift No. are
changed to some other place or they
are laying off. The the board is
cleaod off for the report Of the night
shift. These reports are on the board
about twelve hours. The next day two
new men go into No. , drift, pick or
dfiIl into a -miss-hole7 and are blown
20 atoms.
Who IS to blame2
The miss-holes" were reported
marked down. rubbed off ard forgot
ten.
The Remedy.
Get out forms. keep a copy Of the
reported ~miss-holes." how many and
where located. II the men going OF
10 work should be changed to another
location. or are off for any reason
send in an experienced miner to re
blast the unexploded charges.
IN your form mark down what ha:
been done with the reported miss
hoes" If they have been found and
rehIasted. put it down credit side o.
your monthly report. Then the caus,
~ these accidents has been removed
preventing this powder laying in wal
70 snuff out the light or eyesigh
oi an unsuspecting victim.
There is no mining company. super
lntendent. manager or foreman tina
uanta anyone TO get hurt under theii
employment. Yet these same men keel
reports Of tools. powder. timbers. Ia
Dor. etc in order to keep an accura.'
cost sheet Of production. trying to g
the tonnage cost down to the minimum
start IN keeping an account OF &C
cidents. their causes. costs, etc. re
move these causes and reduce You
tonnage costs at the same time
The man who does the most to hell
mankind Is the greatest man Of hi
age.
The man who does the most TO
himself and the least for others Is thu
smallest and meanest man on earth