The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-03-04

At about o'clock four more bodies
were found on the bulkhead about 10
feet below the 1100. foot station, all of
them being in frightfully mutilated
condition. These are the miners thought
to have been killed while the cage was
being hauled up for the last time on
Thursday morning, and were either
overcome by smoke and fell from the
cage or were crowded off in the excite.
ment. 1t is probable that two of these
bodies will never be identified, as the
heads are missing, being ground up be-
tween the crossheads and the cage, aud
were probably in mess Of human flesh
aud bones gathered upin the bottom of
Of the shaft. To depict the actual con.
dition Of these bodies would be too
gruesome for publication. Out of the
10 bodies lying in the morgue the follow.
ing have been identified: George Don.
derro. CHS Mirkovich, Robert Frazier,
Mike Scobaly. John Nee, Clarence
David. John Ryan, Bozo Begovich and
William II. Murphy. Others known to
be dead are Nick Ordovich. Mike Plam-
anaz, Manuel Oardoza, Frank Burke
and Mike Hannigan, and they will
probably be identified among the bodies
to day by means of the locker tags in
their clothing. The fifteenth body is
supposed to be that Of Matt Slemsick.
During the early hours of this (Satur-
day. morning another body, that of NJ.
Plamanaz, was found on the first floor
of stope above ll00-foot level near the
shaft, and it was hoisted to the surface
about o'clock. There is an awful
stencil coming up the 1855 winze, aud it
is thought there are one or more bodies
down there, bat at this writing. 8 a. m.
it has been impossible to find out the
true condition at the bottom of that
working. tag bearing the name OF
Gilfoil was found on the cage. and it is
presumed it fell ont Of the pockets Of
the clothing on one OF the corpses
brought up yesterday. which would add
another one to the list Of unfortunates.
About 10 o'clock the workers succeed
ed in reaching the bottom Of the 1l66
winze and found the body of Frank
Burke, the shift boss. which was in
frightful condition. Although search
was made at the bottom Of this winze
no other bodies were found.
With the II bodies lying in the
morgue it is thought that all the miss
ing have been accounted for and that
there are no more bodies in the mine.
A thorough search is now being
male throughout the mine. in order to
be sure that there are no more bodies,
the fire being out and the niue fast
clearing Of gas and smoke.
During the work of rescue and fire
| fighting, the brave men who were ex-
erting every human energy in an en-.
deavor to reach their fellow workman
were continually being brought to the
surface, overcome by tse smoke and
gas, some OF whom were revived in
few minutes, while others were rushed
to the hospital, but fortunately none
were dangerously affected and all are
able to be about Everything that
human effort could produce was done
by the management and hundreds OF
willing hands ready to sacrifice their
lives in the cause. but they were handi-
capped by lack of appliances for fire
fighting underground. Assistance was
Immediately asked of the Goldfield
Consolidated in way of helmets, and
that company rushed over all they had
on hand, but when they arrived it was
discovered that there were no hoods,
consequently they were of no service
whatever. As soon as the news of the
fire reached the Tonopah Mining Com
pany, that company Immediately sent
all of its men over to the Belmont to
assist in every way possible, but un-
fortunately there was nothing that
they could do on account of the inabi-
ity to get within several hundred feet
of the fire.
From a monetary standpoint, the loss
to the company is insignificant, the
only damage done being the burning
out of the timbers in the winze from
the ll66-foot level to the l0O0-foot level.
the station at the winzs. and some
stored timbers, and operations in the
mine will be started mp again within a
day or two. Itis the appalling loss of
life that has cast a gloom over the
camp, pulling upon the heartstrings of
every man, woman and child. and the
deepest sympathy goes out to the
widows and fatherless children who
have been robbed Of the love and sup
port OF q husband and father in the
twinkling of an eye, for scarcely an