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Successful Rescue Twelve men were imprisoned. One man was rescued by company men, who, in seven hours, drove a drift 15 feet in country rock without shooting. Source document 1.  Source document 2. 
Twelve Miners Buried in Eureka Ogden Standard, Utah September 18, 1914 The rescuing parties say that it is absolutely useless to hope to rescue any of the men alive and at first it was generally believed that none had even survived the cave-in. However, shortly before midnight faint tapping was heard coming from the slope, indicating that someone was alive. The tapping only added to the general horror of the situation, because of the impossibility of rescue and it is thought that the men or men, who are still alive will have smothered before rescue can be effected. All air pipes were broken by the cave-in. Thirteen men had entered the slope with the day shift. John Wick, a Finn, escaped. He attributes his escape to the fact that he is superstitious and says that he had a "hunch" when the lights went out. He dropped his wheelbarrow and ran into the main tunnel. The concussion knocked him down, but he was uninjured. Those who were caught in the accident are:
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