The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-03-25

the district to come and render sug
gestions Several of the prominent
superintendent responded to this call,
but found that everything was being
done that was humanity possible. Mr..
Herrick Immediately wired Director
Van Manning Of the U. S. bureau of
mines, having heard Of an instrument
called the geophone. and asked if such
an instrument was available Mr..
Manning sent two of his engineers to
the mine from different parts Of the
country One Of them was an expert
with a geophone machine which, al
though it arrived after the men had
lbeen reached with food, nevertheless
the quick response Of that government
department was very highly appreci-
ated
This instrument is designed for
detecting and definitely locating the
direction Of sound underground. It
] is. in effect an earth stethoscope, and
/ in the hands Of a capable operator.
gives definite idea of sound direc-
tions transmitted through formations
for considerable distances and is a
marked advance in rescue work and
for other underground uses. These
operators presence was very highly
appreciated indeed
Charles Cartwright. the under
ground superintendent of the mine
personally supervised all the rescue
operations and was ably assisted by
two Of his shift bosses, william
Champion and Martin Sekulic, who
worked opposite each other with the
six-hour men, and r. J. Farrer, the
mine surveyor and engineer who had
been with the property for six years
and had accurate maps of the differ
ent Slope floors and crosscuts, which
permitted intelligent direction of the
underground diamond drill crew oper-
atoms
Names of the Rescuers.
"The miners and helpers who went /
against this rather desperate rescue /
undertaking in cleaning out the brok-
en- down manway an@ other work, in
an effort to relieve the victims were.
John Bourden, T. X Macarthur,
pcti 'O9 ne NliciAlto %dlStIbs JAIN
Delmark and James Collins (the sec
ond trapped victims). Tom Oliver d.
George Andritch, James
Crazen, Anton Tauone, Joe Theadle. n
Jerry Murphy, Walter MCGEE, James
beagle. Mike Neeso. Andy Ward
George Boyle, John Hendrickman. Geo.
B Berlew.
"The rescued victims can thank
their lucky stars they had such asso-
ciates in the mine. especially the
raise workers with the nerve to dig
them out safely from the deeply bur
led and precarious position they occu-
pied and to get nourishment to them
in such circumstances in as short a
time as they did.
The state mine inspector was not
present at the scene of the accident
until December % In fact, he was
on his way to Oklahoma at the time. {
where he was taking a two weeks va {
cation with a view Of padding a petty
pre-war salary and fighting the high
cost of living by earning a private fee
on an oil geology report, when he first |
heard of the accident through the AS
sociated Press. n
Urge Local Inspector.
This and several other occurrences a
IF the year in the Occur d'Alene dis '
rict emphasizes my past recommen- l l
iations of the righteousness of ex- q
)ecting one man to cover the state of
IDAHO as mine inspector with growing :
clerical obligations sufficient to occu-
'y fully two-thirds of his time to
properly execute with hardly any
travelling fund provisions for direct
lccident investigation. Idaho is prob d
bly a more difficult state to travel d
'ver and get around, in the matter of II
Ost and time consumption, than any t,
ther state in the union and l would L
gain emphasize the necessity of a u
ornament local deputy mine inspect +,
r to be located in the Occur
'Alenes, who should be selected be- S
ause of his local district experiences.
specially in safety work He should
e paid fully as much as the head in !,
pector. which the law requires to
maintain an Office in Boise, and
lille no inspector could have render
d much assistance in this Hunter st
ccident. as it was in the hands of y.
hat l consider one of the most cap 6e
BILE practical men in the Occur bl
Alenes for the work, and in whose da
ands ! felt sure that everything was r rii
eing done and as quickly as it could tr.
ave been done. mi
Mr.. Cartwright, the Underground '''
lperintendent, who personally super
sed this job, has probably had a NJ
.oader variety of experiences than -
~ other underground man in the
2eur d'Alene district. as he operated
r years in his present capacity in
lie riger-Poorman mine, the Stand
mine, the Helena -F'ris-
mine and the Last Chance mine at
ardner. He is an athlete in buiId