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tlcC-•II.«Id,the6neglectMINERSARESTILLINSHAFTMENALPHA SHAFT DAY AND NIGHlie pendlandtagfSanround 1and Johsw*ra• drawAnyThe m ItdlCS.eeaema drag *tKBEly Fear* That th* iwpriaaned Miners Will Have to Stay Until theFirst ef th* Vast.Dona a fiamtn Room I]44in th*'The miners imprisoned Alpha shaft »* the Giroux ppspwty at Ely cannot, in all probability, be res cited Miff the first of the year,” This is the « sternest f a well known mining man, who is stopping overBens in Ogden, bating left By faster-day.Although the men have been imprisoned for one week, small progress has been, made in ptaretsg the loo*** sc*cumulation ©f gnartftte which, sifting down coostan'Iy from the entire distance to the porphory contact, fills In ultnnKt as faat as the material I* removedThere is no donht of the death ofthe tw.. men who were caught at thebottom of th*-1.100 foot level on tM trif collapse, .as, if not immediately killed, they were rendered ln«en*ib, and in a few momentm the falling dirtmust have covered them completely..The escape without injury of the threemen now imprisoned, up the laddersto the l.oflo f,*t level, through tb«debris wMk. mtm falling. I* MlfWfWrt.miraculous by mining men.The method adopted for supplyingthe men with frw4 and water In working \mtf saflsfa.cto.riiy,. The air pipe through which the food ia lowered t*eight inches ia diameter. Pieces of three Inch pipe, cut eighteen Incheslong and ibe bottom plugged, are uaad as con taint ra, these will hold approxt-tnras i 2464 wLiat office a which, will beAda vatJohn A r m« iRAllred,AMakoA ,eiaa Hat vItowllyBrackIBurtonmately a ^sd n. Water and foodstuff*Pan*CtttttttlCfcaiCarter,Ciaift,IturajDuttonUsury,A BEd warSeel**fuller.Fimtcaare baing l-wered by this means Inlarge quantities, so that. If bv any misohaitca th* pipe Jin* should he broken by another collapse, the menwould have -sufficient supplier to lastthen} for a Jong time There aaamg no rgaaon why the menshould not be rescued ultimately if th**pipe line it mi broken, and the air shut of, end, even In that contingency. mining m*n holler# that enough air weald filter through thecrevice,* In the debris to supply suffl-dent oxygen to sustain life.The drift on th* LOW foot level is 250 ft t long and live feet by seven in the other dimensions, making quit© a rommodlmta prison for three men.Being in rock of volcanic forma'Pin. the place is perfectly dry and warm.and With plenty of toed and water,heat sad light, they experience very Utile physical loconvanieuceI t i* r the directions of the doctorat the top of th* shaft, one of the men remains constantly at the tele-phone, while the other two sleep or amuse themselves with cards. Ailtake regular * v-rciae for s given pe-ri«*t each day. »The coat of the work of rescue is tarn*. Pour men are employed atthe bottom of the shaft or. each shiftof four hours, and for this they re eelve f each. The total coat will amount to *y*f f?!*0 per day, but the I John*HndaoHoopsHiggtrH i rHsrve;HeodeHa|«*Jones.Jones.Jonaa,JoaauiKalibvKnow!Kelly.11Kavja Keller La binBooth*i me.potnlnS# tups vt*. thaAn aGoto!.Ha r d
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Ogden Standard
Ogden, Utah, US
Wed, Dec 11, 1907
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