Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-07-22

Ouc man WAS killed. ana TWO FeH-
dered unconscious yesterday at a
small mining camp situated nine
miles north of Millers and about two
miles from Crow Springs The fact
that two men escaped death is re-
garded as remarkable, especially as
one of the survivors was unconscious
at the bottom of a 95-foot shaft from
o'clock yesterday morning until al
most o'clock last night
The dead man is MATT zIOKO-
/ vICH.
The injured are Sam Banovich and
Charles Kapich. The latter is i'm
proving rapidly and will be out of
danger this evening. The former is
critically i'll and threatened with
pneumonia.
The men we're employed at pros
pect situated in the Lone Mountain
district, nine miles northeast from
Millers or 20 miles from Tenopah.
The road to Millers is one of the
best in the state. but beyond that
there is nothing better than trail
through deep sands that precludes
/ fast travelling Shortly after five
O'Clock last evening Charles Kapich
staggered into Millers scarcely able
to walk and inquired for telephone.
He was in the last stages of exhaus-
tion and could not give a very lucid
account of what had happened. At
first it was believed three men were
dead in the shaft of property ope-
rated by}George Banovich and asso-
ciates of Tonopah and a call was
sent to Frank j Cayanagh, the un-
dertaker. TO send for the bodies. As
soon as Kapieh revived sufficiently
to tell coherent story it became
known that the men in the shaft
were alive when Kapich left and
there was a possibility of saving
them. This news was flashed to
Tonopah and Mr.. Banovich tele-
phoned Mr. Blackburn, OF the Tono-
pah Mining company, for the priv
ilege of using the oxygen helmets
kept by that company, Mr.. Black
burn was taking dinner with Edward
W. Steidle and George W. Riggs, of
the government rescue car. With the
promptness OF men accustomed to
quick decision the entire party re
Blackburn rendered the use of his
big Winton car and offered to ac,
company the party as chauffeur. In
few minutes three sets of breath
ing apparatus. two oxygen cylinders
stretchers and first aid equipment
were loaded and on the road A
guide was picked up at the Banovich
, store and rapid time was made tc
Crow Springs The mine was reach
, ed at about $3.50 and Superintendent
, Blackburn Immediately proceeded tc
J test the air at the bottom of the
shaft by descending, after taking
precautions for withdrawal in the
event of being overcome. Fastening
, a stout rope around under his arm,
he went down the ladder. At tn,
/ bottom he found the bodies of twt
4 men. The testing candle burne,
4 dimly owing to the presence of pow
A der gas and Mr. Blackburn was salts
fed to establish the fact that on
e man was apparently alive. The othe
E man was cold. The former wa
a hoisted out with some difficulty ow
4 ing to the eighty degrees pitch o
], the shaft, which is a slight departur
from vertical and the task of raisinl
Banovich to the air was one of som
magnitude owing 10 his great weigh
and the necessity for keeping tn
, body from rubbing against the foot
wall as the rope was hauled up.
: Riggs. the government first al
expert, began by administering
bottle of pure oxygen in small quar-
titles through an inhalator and the
resorted to the prone method of art
fetal respiration, the officially II
] dorsed method of the government fo
such cases. In half an hour Ban'
. vlch groaned. in three-quarters of a
. hour he gave signs of breathing rel
. ularly and the heart beats were pr
= nounced. In the meantime Lou
= Amundsen had arrived with som
. friends of the sufferers and two fres
= men were sent down the shaft aftt
. Mat Zlokovich. Some difficulty Wa
= experienced in raising the body. .
= the rope under the arms slipped q
. the body reached the collar OF II