The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-10-11
issued: 1911-01-07
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note: CLASSIFIED ADS I CENT A WORD VOL.9 IIS STORK OF Manager of Bellevue Mine Gives Evidence HEROIC EFFORTS , TO SAVE MINERS Dragged Dead Men from the Workings-Twelve Hours of Courageous Effort BELLEVUE, via Hillcrest, Alta., Jan. 6—James Cardell was again upon the witness stand this morning and. was examined at length by Mr. Woods, who took him over the ground gone over with Hr. Campbell yesterday. Cardell again explained the finding of the gas in No. 60 chute near the top and close to the roof of the mine. Mr. Woods wanted to know why he had not endeavored" to go further and try to find the extent of the territory covered by the gas, and why he had not tried to get Into the chute lower down. The witness thought that it was the wisest plan to get out of the place as soon as the gas showed such a -cap on the flame in his lamp. His evidence remained practically the same as he gave It before and he was finally let go and Bovl his companion on the trip of Inspection was sworn. He was Instructed by James Anderson to go with Cardell through the old workings on Dec. 7. He did so and his report he gave to Anderson the next day. His recital of how they proceeded through these workings tallied almost exactly with what Cardell told before. They had gone over the rock falls and were able to Bee into No. 60 chute near the fourth crosBOUt where Cardell's lamp Bhowed plainly the presence ot 'gas. The cap indicated considerable gas and they returned to the gangway. After that they went as far as No. 75 chute and found gas near the roof In No. 73. There waB not bo much of a cap here, indicating a less percentage of gas. Some misunderstanding occurred here over the terms Ufled. Mr. Woods was not clear as to how there could be much gas'In a place where the lamp held almost) against the root showed only slight Indications ot Its presence The witness explained that while tbe lamp was held close to the roof, that the pitch of the mine was considerable and the distance to the face might be co…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0384023
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text