40.

The foreman reported it to me and I went down in the mines and dismissed him myself; sent him home.

Q: Do you know of any prosecutions for this kind ofthing in this Province?

A: Yes. They have prosecuted quite a number in the Fernie.

Q: For opening lamps?

A: For carrying matches, tobacco, and pipes. They will do it.

Q: Do you know anything at all about the mule driver?

A: No, I don't know anything about him.

By a Juror:-Where was the lamp found marked "A"?

A: In No.6 near the face, very near the seat of the explosion; I would say about nine or ten yards from the face.

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