New-York tribune., 1922-09-06
Rescuers Hope
TO Reach 40
Miners To-day
signals Coming From Men
Enfosaabed i'm Argonaui
sssaft Spuy Workers TO
Speed Tunneling Task
rs Feet OF Rock Remains
Number Still Alive After
Nine DAYS Unknown, but
Sounds Encourage Hin
s..ssal plspa.el. % ras Trioans

YArgsoM. Calf, Sept. 5.--Miners
:. .yo Arvnnaut shaft nine
1Appe1 ,,.s.. o,,t alive u;th-
days ago VIII Vc ptouss -
In tweiity-four hours, oinciais ~ 0aa
~ the rescue work now believe.
..al h,,,sts from the Argonaut
NsW s'sAa, s.. -..s.a rorkars now
reported So-oay ~ ~ -,
are believed 20 nave pesh ~
.,,~.;vars irving to speed on the work
'1A -,,.,s hrln shem by breaking
ers anu ps'A"fS e, ~ +hs Arpona,,t
down the quartz %aii ~
side. atrse5 - credit
Officials, VINO saoiy S h,ssts bepan
the first reports ot SIg,,sI ls.,e @ ,aen Of long
to beiieve wnen asr;;ne,f .,,;ns fssMis to-day de-
expelIlenss; ss;t;vsiv - G they had heard explo-
eiafeo posis.. ,,af mart of the rescue
SONS Shss 81, sa;d positively that the
WORK. ahsy = sa .sasse bv falling masses
noises we're 1,. NY rgnnanf. ,.ss
OF rock lH sns = 80 g,,;.e+uraI
Number AiiFc Uh.y S0
How many Of the forty-six men en-,
tombed in the Argonaut nave fnsilagsu "a
- i've. even the most optimistic will
-, estimate.
Ass s.swe are sure there is ample water
y tha Argonaut," said Fred Lowell,
.orntarv Of the committee of three
s.-ars;ng the rescue work.
aa:r "a the bir uroblem. hut we hone
-. o.s :. ,at IN air rockets and there
the ,nsn a,.,a AZ n,.t tbrorgb ~ the
has Den svn' En,,ds @ s,,s % s,,,eLa Dould
lover shalsi,5 i5 Tha IaaI 20 soad ,vo,1iS
rise, MOI a...a!,,eort aa+ ~ nof death mr. eve,
cause discothloi1 ny uea'n
~ there are men SUI! aiiSs III .Ao
Argonsnt, as we now peiieve, tney are
in the drifts between the Argonau ana
Kennedy shafts. Iney might pe set
ting of signal blasts at point high
enough above them to avoid being en-
dsngersd by fumes from the explosives.
did Heads in Shaft
, nj, ,.t
How many inas .ss. Thara vnars
no one can even t rars Tha,,
ssa,,sd soas havs taken advantage of every
nossible chance and they knew what
those were. They and the men who
could and did follow their directions
we're the only ones who had chance
to live.
aThe men doing the rescue work need
70 urging to speed them. They are
doing more than could be humanity ex-
pected, but they are working against
terrific obstacles"
Robert Lightner, the rescue worker
Who reported the last two signal blasts,
vas with & crew on the $500 foot level.
He is an "old timer" and not inclined
to have any false hopes. He said he
believes the Argonaut victims had
heard the blasting in the Kennedy
workings, realized that they knew
yfss they were tryln, gto DO and set
oH their signals TO snow approval or
He method being USED.
men on the S,Soo Ieov ievei corrop,
Grated Lightner's statements and said
meg nad heard signals during the
aignf, put tnought they might nave
oeen mage by other rescue crsws. The
signals heard oy Ligntner were MADE
y e TIME when ~. mas pen y ascertained
70 piasts were pelng SET on oy any OF
INC rescueEs'
Muck flinders Workers
Foot by foot the rescuers are fight
Ing their way against the stubborn
rocks. On the $500 foot level thew
have camuleted a detour around a nasa
Of solid rock and broke into one of the
old tunu;, .is connectino tba Two r,inas
The workers s.are able to crawl and
found room to work, b,.& the muck oh
structed the use ofS S~heelbarrows and
the LAYING Of comnressed air nines The
debris il heinz ciearsJ sont a.. ra pph hs, ~
night it is expected the work will he
going in maeblnelI;Io sr nre.;s;nn %o.n "iii 20