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| − | Alexander Folds, mine manager. Sworn:-
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| − | By Mr. Potts:- You visited the scene of the explosion in No. 6 mine?
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| − | A: Yes.
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| − | Q: When?
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| − | A: On the day following the explosion was the first visit I made.
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| − | Q: That would be the 16th of July?
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| − | A: Yes.
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| − | Q: Did you make any examination?
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| − | A: Yes.
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| − | Q: Now tell the Jury the result of your examination.
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| − | A: I went in the entrance of the Second South Level; went up No. 3 right alond the lond wall, and examined the roof and face for gas etcetera, and travelled round the large cave in the branch off No. 6 . Found couldn't get out there, so came down No. 6 and went up No. 7. Travelled the rest of the long wall of No. 6 and found gas. Then went in 7 and travelled the remainder of the long wall back.
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| − | Q: Did you make any examination that day?
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| − | A: Yes, I visited throughout the whole district.
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| − | Q: Were you able to form any opinion as to where the explosion occurred?
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| − | A: Not then. It was too premature then to form any opinion until we saw the cave cleared up.
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| − | Q: Were you able to form any opinion at all?
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| − | A: Yes from the evidence of the force and direction, the explosion was somewhere in the neighborhood of the cave.
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| − | Q: And the cave was where?
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| − | A: In the branch off No. 6.
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| − | Q: Did you search for any explosives?
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| − | A: Well I examined for evidence of blasting, open lights, matches and so forth.
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| − | Q: Did you find any?
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| − | A: Not on that day.
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| − | Q: When did you make your next examination?
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| − | A: On the following day.
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| − | Q: Did you find anything on that day?
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| − | A: The following day war the 17th. On the 18th I found that open light "B" in No. 6 and a box of cigarettes.
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| − | Q: Did you find anything else on that day?
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| − | A: Some matches I found in a vest pocket; either a vest or a jacket hanging on the same road.
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| − | Q: To whom did the coat belong?
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| − | A: To the party to whom the watch belonged.
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| − | Q: Did it appear to be the coat of a miner working?
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| − | A: The coat of one of the fellows who worked in that place.
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| − | Q: Was there anything near the scene of the explosion?
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| − | A: It was within two stall lengths of the explosion. Nearly 100 feet.
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| − | Q: Did you find any other portion of the lamp "B"?
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| − | A: Not at that time. I think the day following we found the other portion of the lamp, a little down the roadway, opposite some rock work.
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| − | Q: Was it broken?
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| − | A: No, it was all right.
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| − | Q: Is it in court?
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| − | A: It has disappeared someway.
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| − | Q: What condition was it in?
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| − | A: It was all right; it had evidently been separated for a purpose.
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| − | Q: From your examination, Mr. Folds, where in your opinion do you think the explosion occurred?
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| − | A: In examining carefully, and tracing the evidence of the force and the non-coking dust and coking dust deposits, I am of the opinion, without any hesitation in saying that it occurred between the end of the branch road off No. 6 roadway, and the branch road off No. 7; the end of these two branches, between the two, in the neighborhood of where the last Chinaman was working.
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| − | BC Archives GR-0431 Box 6 File 3
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| − | BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.
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