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Rock Springs Miner
Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming
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Fire in No. 1 mine at Hanna has burned for nearly three weeks, affecting Union Pacific Coal Company's key operation employing 360 men. Rescue attempt last Saturday overcame workers with black damp; mine resealed, new effort planned soon. No. 2 mine reopened but less productive.
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Messrs. Black, Thomas, Morgan, Brooke and some of the gas foremen were down near the pumps in No. 7 entry which was discovered to be on fire again, and it was only by timely discovery that they escaped. They have walled up the entire mine again to smother the flames. But they will all be in Hanna again in the course of a week or ten days and the mine will be opened again and an attempt to fight the flames will be made. A pressure of ninety pounds of steam is being forced down all of the time night and day.
This is considered one of the best mines the Union Pacific coal company have and it has been working full time all winter, giving employment to about three hundred and sixty men. No. 2 mine was opened inside of five days after the fire broke out in No. 1, but the coal is not considered as good and they cannot take out as much in a day as the other mine and only give two hundred and fifty men employment.
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Hanna
Event Date
Almost Three Weeks
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several of the men were completely overcome by black damp and had to be carried out. the mine has been walled up again to smother the flames. a pressure of ninety pounds of steam is being forced down all of the time night and day.
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No. 1 mine has been on fire at Hanna for almost three weeks. An attempt was made to open it last Saturday when Messrs. G. L. Black, Morgan Griffiths and Dave Thomas, state mine inspector of Rock Springs, came down and with a small gang of men started down about four o'clock Saturday afternoon. They got down almost to the pumps by Sunday morning. Messrs. Black, Thomas, Morgan, Brooke and some of the gas foremen were down near the pumps in No. 7 entry which was discovered to be on fire again, and it was only by timely discovery that they escaped. They have walled up the entire mine again to smother the flames. But they will all be in Hanna again in the course of a week or ten days and the mine will be opened again and an attempt to fight the flames will be made. This is considered one of the best mines the Union Pacific coal company have and it has been working full time all winter, giving employment to about three hundred and sixty men. No. 2 mine was opened inside of five days after the fire broke out in No. 1, but the coal is not considered as good and they cannot take out as much in a day as the other mine and only give two hundred and fifty men employment.