Bisbee daily review., 1913-07-15
GAS TROUBLES
 EXAGGERATED
Four Suffer from Effects and l50 Men are Temporarily Off Until Workings Are. Made Safe by Bulkheads

As a result of a sudden and unex-
 pected rush of gas from old country n the Copper Queen mines that had
 had not recently beeR worked four
 were yesterday suffering from the CT.
 fleets of inhalation of the noxioHs
 fumes and about 150 men were tenn
 porarily laid of until bulkheading can
 be done and work in those workings
 be rendered safe once more. It ls expected that it may be done today. bt to obtain the greatest degree ot salty the company prefers to 90 slow so that it is probable a longer time will be taken before full resump- ton comes.
 Sunday evening a rush of gas came put from some old workings ot the
 Copper Queen company between the Holbrook and Spray and between the 500 and 600 levels By this a miner
 vas overcome and later while inyesti' zating Captain Joseph P. Hcigson' 1mmett Finnity and Ross Moon en' tered too far and suffered i'll effects
 from the resulting partial asphVX- iaticn. All were yesterday reported 1 as recovering nicely from the III CT fects and in no danger.
 Sunday evinin9 Captain Hodsson
 vas informed that there was trouble at the Hoibrook and went to the
 scene. He and Messrs Moon and Fin ntv went down to investigate. In So Ioing they pushed into the workings too far and narrowly escaped seri- ,Us results. It is stated that F1nnlty vas the first to be overcome and Iha' he was saved by Captain HodGsoh put full details are impossible, as al If the three are still suffering from he result of their experience.
 An reached the surface ultlmateB and medical attention was given mem IS sreedily as poss be
 Later Gerald sherman, head CT IA. mining department, was notihed ana also went underground and invesuEa, ted as did Mir. Mitke, who installed he helmet protection system hefe IL was shorty before 9 o'clock Sun say evening that the report became current that there had been serious accident at the HolbrCok and there wore various rumors as to the accl' IeDt and as to the number ihj7Fete Later it was reported that hre Aa" eroken out and several had been oH. l rcOmc by the gas. 1esteTuay Nhe' some of the men were laid on ten, n-rarIv when they reported Tor WoFA
 was said that 300 10 800 men were | 1T in eonseguence of the trouble DG' l ,rpiries al the office of the miht 1 suraripten4ent brought the reply tha' | ,bsre were about 150 laid off because If the gas. and that large numeefs oI | men were being employed in bu!R l seading and the rumored figures Nei' entirely too large.
 l Mir sherman was seen by a ReNieN | representative yesterday noon ahy ] ,slxed about the trouble. He slaUeS | .bat it arose from a sudden lhrusi | of oas from the old workings Una | Sar,o most unexpectedly and caush ,bsro unprepared. There was no h3s | so far as is known, he stated anu ! l woud be q few days at the o"'9so' | before the gas was again bulkheaus
 <, and work could be safely stare
 .rain He stated that the trobfe cam Sro,, between the 300 and. 600 ieNe
 between Holbrook and Spray, as ', T sr,t eorne nf the workings m the ho . ll,-ool, and Car were affected Dy t'
 gas and work in those sections ns zen discontinued until the ola "osl . fngs could be properly bulkheaue, =
 Fortunately no serious results haa lS y, al allowed and the affair had seen sfea',
 nagnified in the street rumors Ihl i, were in circulation. Those who "ei ] overcome by the gas suffered the = l Dsrience by pushing too far into 'u Faneer zone in their zeal to asee ,sin causes and to rectify them
 II Every effort is being extended II tbe company to clear the mihe .las ana to resume operations al ti esTliest moment that is consistsi | with the safety of the operatlFe7'