The San Francisco Call, 15 Nov 1902, Sat, p4c3
Miner Meets a Tragic Death
Sonora Nov 14 - John Boye, a wealthy miner, met a tragic death at this claim, one mile northwest of this city, at 10 o'clock this morning. He left the collar of the shaft with a heavy carload of waste for the dump. Failing to return to the hoist, his partner, Neils Henricksen, came to the surface. A glance revealed that the car was not on the track, and hastening to the edge of the dump Henricksen's worst fears were realized. Down the rocky declivity lay the body of Boye, an almost unrecognizable mass, and near by was the car, Boye had pushed the car off the end of the track, and in an attempt to save it was carried off the dump. He fell a distance of eighty feet and broke his neck.
Contributor: Anne Shurtleff Stevens (46947920)
Miner Meets a Tragic Death
Sonora Nov 14 - John Boye, a wealthy miner, met a tragic death at this claim, one mile northwest of this city, at 10 o'clock this morning. He left the collar of the shaft with a heavy carload of waste for the dump. Failing to return to the hoist, his partner, Neils Henricksen, came to the surface. A glance revealed that the car was not on the track, and hastening to the edge of the dump Henricksen's worst fears were realized. Down the rocky declivity lay the body of Boye, an almost unrecognizable mass, and near by was the car, Boye had pushed the car off the end of the track, and in an attempt to save it was carried off the dump. He fell a distance of eighty feet and broke his neck.
Contributor: Anne Shurtleff Stevens (46947920)
The San Francisco Call, 15 Nov 1902, Sat, p4c3
Miner Meets a Tragic Death
Sonora Nov 14 - John Boye, a wealthy miner, met a tragic death at this claim, one mile northwest of this city, at 10 o'clock this morning. He left the collar of the shaft with a heavy carload of waste for the dump. Failing to return to the hoist, his partner, Neils Henricksen, came to the surface. A glance revealed that the car was not on the track, and hastening to the edge of the dump Henricksen's worst fears were realized. Down the rocky declivity lay the body of Boye, an almost unrecognizable mass, and near by was the car, Boye had pushed the car off the end of the track, and in an attempt to save it was carried off the dump. He fell a distance of eighty feet and broke his neck.
Contributor: Anne Shurtleff Stevens (46947920)
Miner Meets a Tragic Death
Sonora Nov 14 - John Boye, a wealthy miner, met a tragic death at this claim, one mile northwest of this city, at 10 o'clock this morning. He left the collar of the shaft with a heavy carload of waste for the dump. Failing to return to the hoist, his partner, Neils Henricksen, came to the surface. A glance revealed that the car was not on the track, and hastening to the edge of the dump Henricksen's worst fears were realized. Down the rocky declivity lay the body of Boye, an almost unrecognizable mass, and near by was the car, Boye had pushed the car off the end of the track, and in an attempt to save it was carried off the dump. He fell a distance of eighty feet and broke his neck.
Contributor: Anne Shurtleff Stevens (46947920)
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