When the operators of the Mansfield
first began to take ore out below the
j river level, people used to remark
| that some accident of this kind would
happen, for at an early stage of the
mine’s development the miners began
to drift under the bottom of the stream.
The main shaft was so close to the
Michigamme that a very short trough
served to convey to the river the water
that the pumps raised. The ore out
crops aud forms part of the liver bot
tom at that point. The Mansfield is
! not a very deep mine, but is down to
| the fourth or fifth level. The cave-iu
is about 150 feet in diameter and the
i mine is entirely filled with water to
the river level and it is impossible for
any one to be alive.
LATER.
Sixty men were in the mine but fif
teen escaped.
Following is a partial list of the dead:
W. H. PIERCE.
S. JOHNSON.
M. HARRINGTON,
A. FORDS ANT.
S. PETERS.
F. JOHNSON.
SAMUEL JOHNSON.
F. RECCO.
SHEUTNO ZADRA.
PETER FURY.
NICK FORTONO.
CHARLES POPT..
JOHN REGULA.
JAMES STRAGMAN.
OLE CARLSON.
JOSEPH KOLLA.
JOHN HOLISTROM,
B. FORTINATO.
JOHN KIRPRU.
JOHN RANDALO.
JOHN WARNER.
O. LINDQUIST.
CHRIS. ARCENGELO.
A. STEPENO.
AUGUST COLOGUNS.
A. CAUSTAULO.
V. ZADRA.
CELES?: NEGRIL.
J M. Longyear, of Marquette, is the
principal fee owner of the mine. It is
the only active one in the Crystal Falls
district on account of its being a pro
ducer of high grade Bessemer ore. The
producing capacity’ is about 00,000 tons
per annum and it gave employment to
about 100 men.
