The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-02
.ENTONbED MAN
WITHIN REACH
Of RESCUERS
Miner Imprisoned Under
Tons of Rock Talks With
Friends Through a
Drill Hole.
FOOD AND DRINK
REACH THE CAPTIVE
Tells Over Telephone From
Depth of Mine His
Experiences Under
the Earth.

! r OPLIN. Mo. Aug. 1.-En;omhed sew
| entyeight feet below the surface of
Il the earth facing possible death
y from the rapidly rising water In
the mine drift Joseph Clary the
at the White Oak mine here
Sunday. tonight feasted on fried chicken
at the surface for his rescue,
The fourth drill hole put down in an
attempt TO reach his prison penetrated
Hello his brother-in Law. Maurice
Grafton called down the hole when the
drill bits had been removed.
erl Then Oe Thomas ant 1sRy cRa2y father of the en-
tombed miner. hurried to his home where
from grief and told her that the young
man was still alive. The news. the doc
tors say, saved her life.
! Given Food.
From his home the father. one Of the
Oldest prospectors In this district. hur.
ried back TO the mine, carrying milk and
stimulants. which were lowered by a
piece of rope. After drinking these,
young Clary seemed much stronger and
remained near the drill hole talking with
those at the top.
See any shines in the drill cuttings?"
he asked, meaning TO ask whether the
drllers had found any evidence Of zinc
In cutting the hole through the earth to
his prison, He seemed disappointed when
told that no one had noticed whether the
| ~ haven't worried any though 1t has
been long WHILE ho said. FOR knew
that you were after me. The water has
been rising fast here and 1t Is about
waist deep in come places now. don't
believe 1t will get much higher. for this
is dry ground
Is known as dry ground and IT has
never been necessary to use pump to
keep the water out OF the drifts while
work was going on. This fact lends en-
| couragemcut TO those who are working
to sink rescue shaft TO the drift. If.
however, the shaft Is not down to the
drift within two or three days, II may be
too late TO bring the young man out
alive.
After the entombed man had eaten his
supper tonight an electric fashlight was
let down to him and also small rope.
which he tied to his waist 80 that II he
stepped into c deep hole while exploring
his prison. ne could be saved,
Making Progress.
u In talking TO Clary II was learned for
the first time that one Of the former drill
holes which have been put down pene-
trated the drift In which he is confined
He thinks II was the one that was sunk
Monday. but whether this is correct is
problematical, for he believed today was
Wednesday.
drift near one of the walls and Clary says
that though he called up It until he was
exhausted he failed to get. reply and
hope OF finding him alive. Then he be-
came despondent.
The work of sinking the rescue shaft is
about NIFTY feet. with every indication
that IT will have reached the entombed
man by tomorrow noon AS the work is
done. however II is necessary to crib the
sides with logs to keep the wallis Of the
shaft from cnvng. This work is being
done and was nearly finished tonight.
.,,,,,e
the work Of sinking the shaft and others
Will remain at the drill hole to talk with
the imprisoned man. II he desires. and to
pass him food and water Though there
: is plenty of water in the drift In which
he is q prisoner. he cannot drink it be-
cause CT the large amount OF acid 1t
contains.
Olary Tells Story.
Al 1 o'clock this morning the men
working In the shaft were able to hear
r the shouts OF Clary but were unable TO
: understand what he said. 1t was esti-
= mated at that hour that he would be
reached With two or three hours,
When connection was secured over the
8 telephone with the entombed man he was
asked To relate his feelings and expert
!, ences. His story in his own manner fol-
lows:
,, 'I saw the shaft cave and at first was
OF the drift I did not know exactly
g what else to do was bcwldered, AZ
e ter a few, minutes got up and made an
glance that the dirt had cavcd and that
! was cut off from tho world,
II did not know how serious the cave
in was or how Grafton and Moore. my
companions. were injured, But at l;45
a M. / knew If they were not hurt. they
would get help and rescue me, The ST.
Iencc was oppressive and ! began to In
= vestigatc my surroundings.
O THE water In the drift was not deep
o and I WAS nnt afraid HAT the water
q would rise To any great extent for several
days. But ] took the precaution to find
I n safe place To walt until was rescued
: At the end cf the drift the ground was
v higher than toward the. shaft. and
e knew that the wGter could not reach me
!, there until the rest Of the DRIFT was
flooded.
II worked as much az | could until
realized my helpless condition. Then
Z SAT down and tried to think Of what TO do
, Presently my light went out, and the
time had 10 pass more slowly.
= After n while / heard pounding
Il noisc, krSaw AT once that Il was a drill
. begun. II sounded awfuIy good and
|. ceased 10 worry much. for knew it was
/ only a Ques ton OF time until they reached
nc.
= 4 tried to coun, the strokes OF Tho
@ drill and was able 10 gauge .imo little
: by Inc pounding OF The bit. Hours passed
h until | heard the drill cutting into the
e hard ground. but I could not locate the
/ sound In the darkness.
i Soon the drilling stopped and | knew
they had missed the DRIFT. As time passed
n and | could hear sound I could pictur,
/. ,hen making now calculations, | wa.