The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-02-18
throughout the year.

he win keep going Week after week,
and month after month, when the die
tales of cold reason would warrant a
shut down, but he hopes against hope
that the market has touched the bot
tom and must soon take u favorable
turn. Besides, it is rather a serious
thing to shut down a big deep mine
operation involving the laying off and
disorganization Of an experienced
crew and staff that may be the result
of years of training in its own peculiar
problems, while neglect of even well
supported large underground spaces
left to the mercies of the natural grav-
ity inherent to the earths crust pre-
sent the positive prospects of costly
reopening problems after a shut down
The great mineral yield of 1914, from
Idaho mines. resulted in Idaho stepping
up notch and assuming second place
among the silver producing states OF
the Union and when the final analysis
of complete figures are In, will doubt
less have pushed Missouri q close race
in lead production and safely occupy
the second place in that respect.
Accidents and Their Causes.
The total number of men employeu
in the mining industry Of Idaho dnriur
i9l4 was probably 1000 less than tnt
previous year. 1t is difficult to gel IN
accurate figures on this feature of the
industry, as operators are slow in re
piying to statistical inquiries, but
think the total would aggregate os
men exposed to the hazards VI lt-
dustry in Idaho during IVA
During the year there was rup54.
to this office total of % 1a,a au-
DENTS 79 serious accidents and 312 M
nor accidents. Twenty-fur of the faa
accidents were attributed to Shoshon
county mines, and one each to Blaine
Custer and Lemhi counties. The fatal
and serious accidents are largely at
tributed to the same relatives causes,
with one exception, where two men
were killed by fall of ground as the re
suit Of an air blast, considered one OF
natures freaks Of exploding rock
and due to high pressure and natural
bending tension at great depth ali
the accidents were individual, and, a.
usual, the personal element cut a big
figure in most cases and actual care
Ilessness or willful flirting with death
We're not unmxed with some OF the
conditions that resulted in this awlu
loss of life
Fatal accidents in Idaho mines, IA
cluding mills and placer works durMA
1914, were as follows:
Mine Accdent-Underero
By fall Of rock or ore from ro.-
or wall .....................
BY explosives Cncludes prem
ture blasts, explosion OF mis-
fires flying pieces from blast,
suffoeation by gases from the
blasts etc) .............,... 3
BY haulage accidents (by mine
cars, mine locomotives, break
age of rope etc.) .........5
By falling down chute, winAe
raise or stope ...,.,,.....,..
BY run Of ore from chute or poe
ket ''''''.''' .''..'',....,..,..
BY electricity ,,....,...,......
Total number killed or injured
underground other than shaft
accidents ......... ........ 90
Shaft Accidents.
BY objects falling down shafts
BY skip, cage or bucket ......3
Total number killed or injured
by shaft accidents ,.......... 4
Mill Accidents.
BY moving machinery ......l
Power Plant Accidents.
lEleetrocuted ,.,.... .......
Placer Mine Accidents.
BY drowning in dredge pond. ...
Total number killed ........ 8
Grand total .............. 27