Tank's Poetry
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united states mine rescue association
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Tank's Poetry |
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The Bob Tail Tunnel property was famous in the early days of Gilpia County for its great yield of gold. Its shafts, drifts and chambers penetrate into the hills for miles. The property was closed down for years. About four years ago a Haverhill, Mass. company opened a portion of the property named the Fisk, out of which they have taken over a million dollars. This has encouraged others to lease portions of the property, and of such were the Sleepy Hollow and the Americus, which are easterly extensions of the Fisk. The new workings must have gone too close to the abandoned drifts filled with water, and the walls broke, engulfing the new workings. The break occurred at the Mabee workings, now idle. Two unknown Italians were drowned in the Americus, and 11 in the Sleepy Hollow. Those unaccounted for are:
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