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to the surface. About 9 O Clock
Mr. Rior, the Govt.Inspector of Mines
arrived and as soon as he had
ascertained the supposed cause
of the explosion & had examined
the plan he went down the mine.
Mr. Buydon the Managor of the I.C. [?]
C. Co. arrived shortly after & he also
went down the mine. I have seen
Gap[?] before me in the mine in No. 10 level
but not much of late, the
Govt. Inspector had several times
called my attention to there being
gap in No. 10 level & cautioned
me to be careful, slight accidents
have happened on a few occasions 
in No. 10 level, but no serious ones.
I consider the coal in No. 10 level
to be more full of gap than any
ither coal in the mine. Chinese loading coal
worked in No. 10. The
amount of air paping through No 10.
level had 5000 cubic feet. Dixon,
one of the men killed, had O[?]ace
& had charge of the air, & it was his
duty to see that there was Brattice
carried up into every mans face. 
Owing to sickness it is three months
since I personally saw that the
brattice work was carried up to
the head of the face & Hank Little
performed my duties in my absence
but he was not authorized, that I remember,
to interfere with with the ventilation, and 
altho'

BC Archives GR-0431  BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Box 2 File 6                    Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia