Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of ...

No. 10. SECOND BITUMINOUS DISTRICT. 285
any person to go up or down on the cage which was not provided with
an overhead cover. Shultz was familiar with the rules of the mine,
having been employed in and about it for several years.
Joseph Duffy, a miner aged 15 years, was instantly killed by a fall
of slate in the Alexandria mine on September 21. The coroner held
an inquest and a verdict of accidental death was rendered.
On October 14 Jacob Kupsley, a Slavish miner in Mammoth shaft
mine, was injured by a wagon running over his right leg below the
knee, crushing it so badly that he died on the afternoon of the same
day.
Alexander Metz, an American miner, 40 years of age, was instantly
killed in Strickler mine, on October 26, by a fall of "horse-back." A.
J. Saylor, who was injured by the same fall, stated, at the investigation,
that he considered the place perfectly safe and well timbered,
and G. W. Pike, the driver who hauled a wagon from there about
twenty-five minutes before the accident, said the same.
Marshall Major, an American miner, was instantly killed at Isabella
Furnace mine by a fall of slate and rock, while at work on room
pillar No. 19 on third cross of Martin's entry, November 6.
John Krackan, a German miner, was instantly killed in Penn Gas
No. 1 mine, November 6, by a fall of slate.
William Leasure, an American miner, was fatally injured by a fall
of slate in Sandy Creek mine on November 16, and died on the 23d of
the same month. The coroner held an inquest and a verdict of accidental
death was rendered. Deceased was 17 years of age.