The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-12-02
ACCIDENT No. 5.
Stambaugh. Mich.


A fatal accident occurred at the Cor
~ exploration April II. 1911. at about
O'Clock a. IN. q. Gilbert, lander
came to his death bv riding up on the
bucket The rope slipped off the drum
and gave Jerk so Gilbert fell off TO
the bottom of the shaft He was
within 10 feet Of the top when he fell
off. The shaft il 900 feet deep. The
puifer man, Oscar Jacobson. had gone
ont of the engine house SO that when
the bell rang one of the miners, John
COLLECT started up the puffer and hoist
ed the lander from the bottom Of the
shaft which resulted in Gilbert
death He WAS single man. English
descent and 81 years old According
70 my opinion the lander had no bust
ness going down in the shaft as there
were two miners at the TOP that could
not do anything until the water was
let nut. There is good ladder way
from the top to the bottom.
ACCIDENT NO 6
Iron River. Mich.
An accident occurred ut the James
mine at 0:45 p. m June 81 in which
Sante Terzone, an experienced miner
was killed by fall of ground on the
third level of the mine. Jerome. with
companion, Ed Simins, was EN-
ployed drilling round of holes in a
drift leading from stope which ex-
tended mp in piece of ore about 80 or
10 feet thick to the hanging rock A.
oovr the total height of the stope be-
ing about 30 feet from the level. The !
root OF the stope.was the hanging rock
drift-the one in which the mon
We're at work had been run through :
me piece OF ore the entire thickness of !
10 and at about the center of This drift
he original raise for the stape haa 7
been run mp and Wine cut tbropgh !
% the level below SO that the ore from c
ne stopping operations rad been milled '
. the level below In order 10 ston :.
ne passage of men through this drift 4
md under the open stope punrd rai,s
Of two cedar pieces abont
TX inches IN diameter had been 6xed
i each opening Of the drift These >
'uard rails were firmly fixed n tia h
walls OF the drift at each end. the M. !
er rail being 3 feet from the floor and y
he lower one rs foot below II I, n
rd"r TO get through them a great deal bl
eftOrt must have been nut forth n,
When the gnard rails were INIT an ~
'hich was done previous To tina acc; -
ent Captain Truran gave orders tba, ~
o man should be allowed ~ nass .
trough the drift. Access 10 the vnrk. a.,
lgs further on was had throngh = A.,
assageway around the hanging side ~ 90
he block of ore aud IL was this nos
lgeway that the two men were order. "a
10 use and did use in going Ia and ~
ON their work. About 800. Tezouna do
ok pail aud went cut 10 get Soma In
'ater TO drill with To get the wafer wl
, bad 10 20 through the passagaway ba
entioned and then through the con. 90,
'cting drifts distance Of about 200 no
et lie hlled his pail and started de,
'ck 90 MS work. WheA no came ~ hal
. DRIFT which was blocked by tina I i
ke a shor, ~, o 49, usoiaed 70 der
. rails and proceeded on towards the ~. ny
achine When he reached point ar -
out the middle Of the stope mention -, ~
a big chunk of rock and ore fell ~
I'm the hack Of the stope and strnck IL, -
m killing him instantly. The de IN, ~.
Used man was clearly disobeying or ~
Is To cross the stope and must have w
~ cognizant Of that fact az the guard thr
ls were 80 fixed that he could NOT ! ~
through them without much effort raj
onnd everything about Che place ~ 49, 49, I
accident In perfectly protected con az"
Ton. was informed mat the niece ION
ore which fell thar night was the men
Thar bad fallen from the back and
ieve Thar every rrecanfion pnssihla
take for the safety OF employees