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Domestic News
December 18, 1907
The Daily Tribune
Florence, Fremont County, Colorado
What is this article about?
Three men, including the mine superintendent and two workmen, have been trapped 1,000 feet underground in the Alpha mine near Ely, Nevada, for 10 days due to a cave-in. Rescue efforts are halted amid fears of further ground movement causing another slide.
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3 MEN ARE
IMPRISONED
IN A MINE
Ely, Nev., Dec. 18—Nearly 1,000
feet down in the shaft of the Alpha
mine, where they have been imprisoned
for 10 days, the mine superintendent and two workmen seem fated
to remain for at least several days.
It was discovered that the ground
at the point of the original cave-in
was still moving and fear that any
hour may bring an increase in that
movement and occasion another slide
that the bulkhead will not be able to
resist, has necessitated a stoppage of
the work of clearing the shaft until
the run can be checked.
While the entombed men have been
in comparatively little danger here-
tofore, their position would be grave
should a second slide occur.
Supplied with cots, sent down in
pieces through a six-inch pipe, and
with food and water in the same man-
ner, the men are comfortable in their
prison deep in the earth, but with
the increasing danger of another slide
cutting off their source of supply
dangling over them.
IMPRISONED
IN A MINE
Ely, Nev., Dec. 18—Nearly 1,000
feet down in the shaft of the Alpha
mine, where they have been imprisoned
for 10 days, the mine superintendent and two workmen seem fated
to remain for at least several days.
It was discovered that the ground
at the point of the original cave-in
was still moving and fear that any
hour may bring an increase in that
movement and occasion another slide
that the bulkhead will not be able to
resist, has necessitated a stoppage of
the work of clearing the shaft until
the run can be checked.
While the entombed men have been
in comparatively little danger here-
tofore, their position would be grave
should a second slide occur.
Supplied with cots, sent down in
pieces through a six-inch pipe, and
with food and water in the same man-
ner, the men are comfortable in their
prison deep in the earth, but with
the increasing danger of another slide
cutting off their source of supply
dangling over them.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Accident
What keywords are associated?
Mine Cave In
Imprisoned Miners
Alpha Mine
Ely Nevada
Rescue Delay
What entities or persons were involved?
Mine Superintendent
Two Workmen
Where did it happen?
Ely, Nev.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Ely, Nev.
Event Date
Dec. 18
Key Persons
Mine Superintendent
Two Workmen
Outcome
no casualties reported; men supplied with cots, food, and water via pipe; potential grave danger from second slide.
Event Details
Nearly 1,000 feet down in the Alpha mine shaft, three men imprisoned for 10 days due to cave-in; ground still moving, halting clearing work to avoid another slide; men comfortable but at risk of supply cutoff.