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February 18, 1867
Gold Hill Daily News
Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada
What is this article about?
Hank Smith, foreman of the Crown Point mine, corrects a newspaper's exaggerated report of a pump falling 200 feet and nearly killing a workman; actually, it fell 15 feet, damaged only a flange repaired in 48 hours, with no injuries.
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Incorrect.—Hank Smith, the bully foreman of the Crown Point mine, informs us that the "local" of the Enterprise yesterday, made a most egregious mistake in the following item.
"In lowering the heavy lift pump of the Crown Point Company to the 500-foot level, the tackle by which it was held gave way and allowed the huge casting to drop 200 feet to the bottom of the shaft. A workman engaged in the shaft had a narrow escape from death, the falling mass of iron just grazing him in its descent. The pump was broken and ruined, and new castings will be required. In a few days all will again be made right."
Now, the fact is, there was no such fall "my countrymen." There was only a fall of fifteen feet, and nothing was broken except the flange on the pump, which was repaired in forty-eight hours and on Saturday started up again, and has pumped all right ever since. A "mountain out of a mole hill." Go away from home when you want to hear startling news; and be sure to magnify it twenty times, or it will not make a sensation item.
"In lowering the heavy lift pump of the Crown Point Company to the 500-foot level, the tackle by which it was held gave way and allowed the huge casting to drop 200 feet to the bottom of the shaft. A workman engaged in the shaft had a narrow escape from death, the falling mass of iron just grazing him in its descent. The pump was broken and ruined, and new castings will be required. In a few days all will again be made right."
Now, the fact is, there was no such fall "my countrymen." There was only a fall of fifteen feet, and nothing was broken except the flange on the pump, which was repaired in forty-eight hours and on Saturday started up again, and has pumped all right ever since. A "mountain out of a mole hill." Go away from home when you want to hear startling news; and be sure to magnify it twenty times, or it will not make a sensation item.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Deception
What keywords are associated?
Mine Accident
Newspaper Correction
Pump Fall
Exaggeration
Crown Point Mine
What entities or persons were involved?
Hank Smith
Where did it happen?
Crown Point Mine
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Key Persons
Hank Smith
Location
Crown Point Mine
Story Details
Newspaper exaggerates pump fall at Crown Point mine from 15 feet to 200 feet, claiming near-death escape and ruin; actually minor damage to flange repaired quickly with no injuries.