The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-12-14

fastened with chain under the bucket. Gullman
had helped to do this himself. When the bucket
was going up in the shaft one OF the planks fell
ont came down and struck Gulman in the head
killing him almost instantly Gullman was walking
across the shaft as the bucket was going up After
examining it, one corner of the plank was broken
which could not be seen when the dirt was on the
plank Guman was Of Finnish descent married
man. one child, and twenty-three years old.
Two fatal accidents occurred at the Dober mine
Nov u IN the forenoon Konstanti Anderson and
Abel Maxi miners, came to their deaths oy being
overcome with gas The night shift had blasted
round Of holes before they left in the morning.
These men. Anderson and Maxi were working in a
raise ninety feet from the level where they had
little drift about ten feet where they had started
other raise where they were working The air hose
was fastened to the pipe and that was aboutall the
work the captain noticed done in the morning.
As the captainwas passing under this raise he picked
no some candles and called up to Andersonfand
Maxi He received a mumblng reply AT twelve
o'clock Anderson and Maxi failed TO to dinner
so some of the miners and the boss went to look for
them Going up in the raise they found Maxi i'll
the ladder road where he had evidently been over
come with gas His partner found in a sitting
position in the little drift at the top of the ninety
foot raise He was also dead. Anderson and Maxi
we're of Finnish descent married men, and both
thirty weight years old.
4 fatal accident occurred at the Zimmerman
mine Feb ., 1912, at about 3:3 p. George
Poosacb trammer, cameto his death by falling into
a raise for some unknown reason as the raises
All guarded George Poosach and his partner Peter
Marinoff, were trammng from breast of east drift
on newhaulage level which is forty feet below second
level These two men brought loaded ear and
dumped over rocker dump down fl raise, returned
ia their place mt the breast Of east drift Marnof
started filling a ear when Polosach SAID he was going
10 ease himself, leaving the place with lighted
candle in his hat. This the last of him
Marinoff filed his car and the trammer boss started
to look for him but could not find him. At 4:30 p.
m word was brought to the boss that had
been found in the chute the fourth level, which
proved to be Poosach Polosach Of Italian
descent married man, three children and about
thirty years old.
inspected the place Immediately and found the
guards around the raises in good condition.
Two fatal accidents occurred atthe Zimmerman
nine at Stambaugh, Mich, Feb. 10, 1912 ut about
O'Clock a. IN. Casper Matteo and John Campana
miners, came to their deaths by fall OF ground
They were working in the shaft. The night shift
had blasted round Of holes before they left in the
morning When the day shift came down they took
down the ladders and looked over the walls and
trimmed down the loose ground so that they thought
it was alright They started to clean up the dirt
when a slab of ground fell from the south side Of
the shaft catching Matteo and Campana, killing
them. There were four mirers working here. From
the dirt to the timber there was eleven feet. The
piece Of ground that fell off from smooth
graphite slip This was the last blasting to be done
as this would make the shaft deep it was
wanted Casper Matteo Of Italian descent,
single man, and twenty-seven years old John
Campana was Of Italian descent, married man, no
md hrtyy. oil
inspected the place Immediately after the
cdent The coroner's inquest was reported ac-
cidenta
A fatal accident occurred at the Chicagon Lake
mine March 81, 1912, at about $3.50 a. m
John Ezap, miner, came to his death by falling
into stope.
Ezap and his partner were engaged in drilling
hole in sub-stope to blast down the bench to the
sub below. Ezap's machine was working and his
partner stated he would 60 for pail of water, in
drift about 300 feet away. When Ezap's partner
returned he could not find Ezap at the machine, 81