Mariposa Gazette, 6 February 1897
Killed in the Dutch Mine.
Last Tuesday morning about 7 o'clock, Henry Williams, a native of Jamestown, was accidently killed in the Dutch mine, at Quartz Mountain. Williams was at the 200-foot level and it is supposed as the skip was passing the station going up. the deceased jumped it, and a few feet above the level lost his balance and fell under it, as the wheels and axles were covered with blood. The engineer noticed the cable to give a sudden jerk and quickly stopped the skip, Receiving no bell he hoisted. The day shift going down noticed deceased's candle and hat at the 200 foot level and after a short search found his body on one of the sills under the rails. The face and head of the unfortunate man were badly mangled and life was extinct when the body was found. The unfortunate young man was reared to manhood in this vicinity, and is spoken of as an exemplary and dutiful son, being the sole support of an aged mother, now residing at Whiskey Hill. A coroner's jury was impaneled and rendered a verdict of accidental death. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from the family residence on Whiskey Hill. The interment being at the Stent cemetery. The long line of carriages containing the sorrowing relatives aud friends of the deceased following the remains to the city of the dead, their last resting place was evidence of the esteem in which Henry Williams was held by his acquaintances. - Mother Lode January 30th. The deceased was a brother of Mirs. Thomas Davey of Snow Creek, this County.—ED.
Killed in the Dutch Mine.
Last Tuesday morning about 7 o'clock, Henry Williams, a native of Jamestown, was accidently killed in the Dutch mine, at Quartz Mountain. Williams was at the 200-foot level and it is supposed as the skip was passing the station going up. the deceased jumped it, and a few feet above the level lost his balance and fell under it, as the wheels and axles were covered with blood. The engineer noticed the cable to give a sudden jerk and quickly stopped the skip, Receiving no bell he hoisted. The day shift going down noticed deceased's candle and hat at the 200 foot level and after a short search found his body on one of the sills under the rails. The face and head of the unfortunate man were badly mangled and life was extinct when the body was found. The unfortunate young man was reared to manhood in this vicinity, and is spoken of as an exemplary and dutiful son, being the sole support of an aged mother, now residing at Whiskey Hill. A coroner's jury was impaneled and rendered a verdict of accidental death. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from the family residence on Whiskey Hill. The interment being at the Stent cemetery. The long line of carriages containing the sorrowing relatives aud friends of the deceased following the remains to the city of the dead, their last resting place was evidence of the esteem in which Henry Williams was held by his acquaintances. - Mother Lode January 30th. The deceased was a brother of Mirs. Thomas Davey of Snow Creek, this County.—ED.
Mariposa Gazette, 6 February 1897
Killed in the Dutch Mine.
Last Tuesday morning about 7 o'clock, Henry Williams, a native of Jamestown, was accidently killed in the Dutch mine, at Quartz Mountain. Williams was at the 200-foot level and it is supposed as the skip was passing the station going up. the deceased jumped it, and a few feet above the level lost his balance and fell under it, as the wheels and axles were covered with blood. The engineer noticed the cable to give a sudden jerk and quickly stopped the skip, Receiving no bell he hoisted. The day shift going down noticed deceased's candle and hat at the 200 foot level and after a short search found his body on one of the sills under the rails. The face and head of the unfortunate man were badly mangled and life was extinct when the body was found. The unfortunate young man was reared to manhood in this vicinity, and is spoken of as an exemplary and dutiful son, being the sole support of an aged mother, now residing at Whiskey Hill. A coroner's jury was impaneled and rendered a verdict of accidental death. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from the family residence on Whiskey Hill. The interment being at the Stent cemetery. The long line of carriages containing the sorrowing relatives aud friends of the deceased following the remains to the city of the dead, their last resting place was evidence of the esteem in which Henry Williams was held by his acquaintances. - Mother Lode January 30th. The deceased was a brother of Mirs. Thomas Davey of Snow Creek, this County.—ED.
Killed in the Dutch Mine.
Last Tuesday morning about 7 o'clock, Henry Williams, a native of Jamestown, was accidently killed in the Dutch mine, at Quartz Mountain. Williams was at the 200-foot level and it is supposed as the skip was passing the station going up. the deceased jumped it, and a few feet above the level lost his balance and fell under it, as the wheels and axles were covered with blood. The engineer noticed the cable to give a sudden jerk and quickly stopped the skip, Receiving no bell he hoisted. The day shift going down noticed deceased's candle and hat at the 200 foot level and after a short search found his body on one of the sills under the rails. The face and head of the unfortunate man were badly mangled and life was extinct when the body was found. The unfortunate young man was reared to manhood in this vicinity, and is spoken of as an exemplary and dutiful son, being the sole support of an aged mother, now residing at Whiskey Hill. A coroner's jury was impaneled and rendered a verdict of accidental death. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from the family residence on Whiskey Hill. The interment being at the Stent cemetery. The long line of carriages containing the sorrowing relatives aud friends of the deceased following the remains to the city of the dead, their last resting place was evidence of the esteem in which Henry Williams was held by his acquaintances. - Mother Lode January 30th. The deceased was a brother of Mirs. Thomas Davey of Snow Creek, this County.—ED.
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