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them able to understand the rules

J: I am asking you? A: They were able to receive any instructions that I gave them

J: and as to [skill?] as miners? A: They were fairly good miners. I wouldn't say they were the best you could find

J: Who is in charge of the station for the second South level? A: Sandy [Selespie?] that time.

J: Were pit lamps used in any other portion of the mine? A: In No 4 [Incline?], naked lights were used

J: What was the condition of the mine the day of the explosion. wet or dry? A: It was wet around that section.

[Mr. Pauley?] are both those lamps "a" & "c" locked, or were they locked when found? A: They were both locked when found

Was that hole in the [raaf?] that was referred to by Mr. Potts, there before or after the explosion? Was that big hole there before or after the explosion? a: Well, the one that he mentioned about the gas being in & [repainted?] in the [repaint?] book, was there before the explosion.

J: How big a hole was that? A: Probably about four feet-wide & maybe [?] and a half to 3 feet high.

J: In a dangerous place? A: No.

J: The [raaf?] after the explosion was about 25 feet high? A: Yes but not in the same place.

Mr. Hall :- Were those 7 Chinese burnt sometime ago, burnt on this same level? A: What do you mean about "some time ago"?

J: About six months ago? A: I couldn't tell.

M. Matthews:- They were burnt on the north side.

M. Hall:- Are you altogether sure that that hole was four feet wide? A: [?] [?] there today [?] be seen, and it is no higher now than it was then.

BC Archives GR-0431 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Box 6 File 3 / Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.