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<br />MARBLE MARKER COMMEMORATES GOLDEN TRAGEDY
<br />=~` killed in, White Ash Mine disaster. - -
<br />', 1 D-BURIED".~N -889 ~.. _r ...... - ,::~.~ 4,_ . _.~____ . _ _ _. - - - - - ... ; ~ ;
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<br />~d'.-~e~'~ ~~'~e ~~ TFIE DEN:IIt PosT '' April 2g'a a
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<br />C 'On .the afternoon elevator'ta' the mtne shaft) through the night as more thaa other, uadel. the creek, as ~e
<br />' r ~ Sept:•9, 1880.; a shilt.oE 10 down but could sot get it to the 1,000 •
<br />~•: mea went down: the 730-toot-: bottom (of the shaft). This was pem0m' mcludia 'the torrfb"etiR~ ~
<br />deep shaft of the White Ash Coal about a quarter to four. Aa miners ath g miners followed the veins of
<br />j:L Miae and were'never sees or 6rlef-strlckea relatives of the
<br />~. heard from a gave all signals to the ca a PAIR LOWERED t the mine. ~. ~ n~ '
<br />man; .Davld• Lloyd, _but: coguld- , About 10 years earner the 1 i
<br />c'' ~'; 7Le-atibteeraoean Incident at not get ' ' At 7:30-the'.followiag moratag, ~pvn~d had .flooded. Subse- p1t ' i
<br />' ~ ~whatle sow the west end.oi. knew some ~~ He ~~, Jona~ and Joftn-O'Neal; a, state ao ~ a_ fire btnke.out oa the
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<br />e 1Yth 3t. sear the'~Colorado ~g was wmng, ..'' mine inspector,. were-lowered -
<br />-?. School of Mlnes_ int?amurai field tfte Glolie reported; -Into. the mane in ari •lSoa bucket O'Neal tied rd eared that puaseage Gu6[e -
<br />.' ~~. Chas pecoma lmown. as tite ,, Tlie llft'had~ecome snagged ' oa,a wire;ro
<br />- •. in debrls,;.it:was.later Iearaed` eaoth~•minepe.Pt'~ut'ed from- waled up and''fhe the wee, In .
<br />~ :', White Ash Mina•Dhtaster and land couldn't raise ik .The [oaad nothing could be be mothered, he said ,
<br />ri , 1Le mine was named, ac= _ Y• pecdons; determlaed to ~ r ,. '
<br />cording to Mrs Irene Goetze; ; M1NE BODED' '.. ': done to`save the mea:.aad the`' " Eoweyen,'afteeTttie:disaster
<br />fr 1110 Cheyenne SC,:a native•aFJon e.mine foreroao; Evaa~; shaft-was leafed=off aqd We:. O'Neai.sald'hebelievedthevelo + '
<br />r.-•vGoldeu s>id prominent local e8;' ~e0 ~~b~ ~ feet .~ men listed as dtowaetl tinder 200 of coal Iri a' 80•foot-thtek.
<br />~f`historiaa; for.the•whlte .ash left meat.,e„mdder^'_end_tieard a feet of water _'.:. ' ti_..., wall ' •~
<br />' 4 y'i8r000 POPULATION W ~ q. mme had flooded " ~~
<br />t.J ~ha •Goldea Globe,;weekl Iie'(JOaes) Gathered all ,the
<br />~,~owspaparJ !a 1f8-Sept, 14 edi. men he co61d and made aqy
<br />edoa:aoted: the incident ae :"the ln~the~, of effbi'fe .(a 'go dews
<br />` I .' mine bnt,couldn t,keep .
<br />;most serious acglilent:tn the .. _ the;ll ht~
<br />- .;,~fory'of'Goldea.?', The..ci 8 (miser's laatern)'llt,"
<br />,itLea had;a. population of about ~Ev~atuelly JJones wee7owered
<br />~,Olq and was a bustl[rig30-year 300 feet Into the shaft: with. aoI
<br />-;aid community. - electric 11 be .
<br />!> `'~ oalanvty was dismv_...,..u.:. _. gMt but had to
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