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LEMORY BARNES KILLED IN FALL DOWN SHAFT
November 15, 1901. Lemory Barnes, a miner in the employ of the Columbia Lead Co., at its mine No. 2 was instantly killed by falling down the shaft. From what is gathered from the testimony before the coroner, it appears the deceased was only 18 years of age; had no experience as a miner and had worked but two and a half days in the mine. He seemed to have had but one person at the mine who knew him and he, from his testimony, was anxious concerning the young man, and endeavored to get him to wait for another cage when he would have gone down with him. The distance between the curbing and the cage it appears to us, is unusually wide and too wide, otherwise this unfortunate young man could not have fallen through so easily. From the testimony it is gathered that no men were al........ [Sorry, but part of the page in the book which contains the conclusion of this article is torn out, and I was unable to finish typing it.] Below is a scan of the torn page which contains the text that remains which may allow you to piece together a bit more of the circumstances. I assume that the jury probably ruled the death as accidental.
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