Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-08
Bunker Hill Property Near
Sutter Creek, Cal, Is Scene
Of the Latest Accident I'm.
der Ground.
ALL ARE RI ID BY
THEIR COZ TODAY
They Emer Death
Trap Coz b Dirt
and Fo amilies
Awaiting


suffer Crock, Calf, Feb. S.--The
slxty-two miners entombed in the
BunEer Hill mine al / o'clock ycster-
day by a cavo-ln In the mouth os the
SHAFT. were rescued at ~ O'Clock to-
day after a night OF desperate work
by miners from nearby mines None
OF the men were injured. They were
greeted by their wives and daughters
as they came out OF the shaft with
thir candles still burning.
tiny opening. revealing a glimpse
OF light at the 2OO-foot level down the
shaft, caught the eyes OF the rescuors.
A shout was answered by a cry from
the men In the shaft and a few min
utes later the rock jam was cleared
sufficiently 20 allow the passage OF a
mans body.
when the word spread that an
opening had been effected, the men at
work IN the tunnel shaft ran 20 the
main incline and a cheer from 200
persos greeted the first begrimmed
miner as, candle ~ hand, he wriEgled
through the opcndlng in the jngged
rock. one by one the slNty-two PASS
cd through and each round his family
waiting 20 welcome him,
A dinner had been prepared az the
mlne dining hall and after hot re-
atoratives had been administered to
tho men, they were fcted with lob
scousc" and hot coffee, while the
crowd outside choered.
one hundred and forty men worked
throughout the night tearing away the
rock and earth blocking the shaft Of
the mine.
another possibility Of escape was
found by the imprisoned men In an
abandoned tunnel az the 2OO-foot level
Of the mine. reached by an old shaft
partly filled debris. one OF the men
called through the air pipe that they
had climbed % the tunnel and crew
was set az work early today clearing
the earth and timbers In the shaf, and
digging through "a cave in the tunnel
which blocks the exits.
wives and daughters of the impris-
onod mon held torches through the
night whilc tho rescuers assailed the
jam OF loose country rock" which
ch0ked the main shaft They worked
desperately without relief many hay-
ing zen on duty most continuously
since the cave-in az ] o'clock yester-
day afternoon.
The shaft is believed 20 be blocked
for distance of about 100 feet from
the mouth
a loaded skip broke loose at the
surface and shot down the incline
striking and tearing loose the collar
timbers of the shaft. The upper tim
bcrs gave way and the hanging wall
dropped. filling the opening with an
almost imponetratable jam of timber
and rock.
Il Yves feared the debris had filled
the bottom OF the incline ontombing
the men on the lower levels but H
faint voice in the air pipe gave AS
suranco and the later word from the
men below saying they had climbed 10
the 200 foot level established the fact
that only the mouth of the taunel|
was blocked.
Miners from the Fremont and old
Amador mines came 20 the relief and
the drive through the rock began
No food was dropped through the
air pine on account OF the fear of
choking Il but n the men are not
rescued today liquids will be sent
down The miners had Just finished
lunch when the cave occurred and
John sisson. who Gcted as spokesman
through the air pipe said they were
not suffering and advised that no
chances be taken In sending food
through the pipe.
The shaft is 24OO feet deep and
the mon on the lower levels faced
porilous adventure IA climbing to the
200-foo6 level. Blts of rock from the
mass above rlchochetted along the
walls OF the SHAFT as the men crcpt
upward with only ono lamp lighted on
account OF the need OF saving the air.
The tunnel ia which they await res4
cue has been stopped" for almost the
entire distance and the slxty-two men
are huddled IN a narrow room Of rock
ln which they cannot stand erect,
The work is progressing rapidly
both IN the main shaft and the tun-
net and u ~ believed that one of the