, 1922-09-18

broken through into the 4,.eO- foot
Argonaut level.
ne changing OF the shifts al 1 a
m was the 5nly colorfui event OF the
night The lines Of men awaiting the
skips prsented a picture OF dotermin-
alton None OF the miners spoke.
except N low tones. Two prists stood
silent BY the shaft mouth. awaiting
n call that might take them hun
dreds OF feet under ground to give
spiritual coreolation to any who
might require st.
There were few persons at the Ken.
nedy mine. through which the rescue
work was being done last nigh, or In
the early hours today. The rescue
Lcrews came and went TO and from
their tasks three-quarters OF a mile
below h e11ns surface: officials
went about the various matters con
nected with the miners desperate ef.
rorts so far ocnetk them; several
seores OF newspapermen and women
worked in what was to all tntenfs
and purpoSes a wen equipped Getty
room. Outside the priests waited.
their presence seeming to drive home
to the miners that his was the day
where on The fate OF their comrades
would be known.
There Ners nc anxious relatives
gathered at the mouth seeking news
OF h life or death OF those below.
IN that was eliminated by an ar
~rangement that tho waiting should be
at home and that the Red Cross
should carry the tidinEs ns rapidly a.
might be.
Every possible thing That could be
done for the aid OF the cntombed men.
should they be alive, had been done.
Doctors. nurses. all the parapheniiia
and appliances OF n hospital await
them. Ana. too, grimmer prepara.
tons have been made to care for their
bodies should a darker fata hold
sway.
On tho s.soo-foot level the rescue
crew battered with picks last might
at tho face OF the raise they were
cutting to reach the Argonaut work.
ings. They feared 10 use explosives
because of the possibility that flytns
snlinters OF rock might injure some
OF the entombed men there, or hat
the defamation would damage timber
ing and cause n cave-in which would
delay them hours. Gays. or even
weeks.
II was a struggle OF human Will and
muscle against the elements, ana The
elements won. temporarily, when n
survey showed that IL feet OF rock
and not four or five, as the miners
had supposed. lay between them ana
their goal. But the miners would NOT
admit they were beaten and resorted
again to drilling.
JACKSON. Cal, Sept. 1s.ABy The
Associated Pressl.-The opening be.
tween the Kennedy and Arronaut
mines has been timbered and two men
have gone through, into tho 1900 foot
level OF the Argohaut mine, st wal OF.
ficially announced at II a. m.
Word has zen given to the ap.
peratus men 10 go down for the res.
cue" the bulletin said.
JACKSON. Cal, Sept. ls.-search
for live men or dead bodies in the Ar.
gonaut mine will be started shortly
after IL o'clock noon. 1t was
at 1890 o'clock in an official bulletin.
In the meantime the rescue workers
will finish timbering up the opening
between the two mines.
The bulletin said:
'rhe crew on the $500 foot level is.
still clearing out the muck and tim.
boring to mako the opening safe for
the rescue men.
shortly after - o'clock noon the
work will be finished. No one is
going through into the Argonaut un-
I'll after that time. They are still en-
larging TIE opening.
The crews are working hour on
n one hour off. A quantity of
fruit. sandwiches and coffee was sent
down to the rescue workers on the g..
500 DOT level"
No. word has come through the
hole to indicate whether any Of the
Imprisoned AZ men had survived the 81
days confinement in the black depths