A: One time I lost my light in it.

J: Was that the first examination? A: I believe it was it was but I am not sure now.

J: What does that indicate? A: It indicates gas there.

J: Does that indicate any quantity of gas there, any marked quantity of gas? A: No, you can't judge the quantity by that. The smallest quantity would do that provided you reach it

J: Then directly your safety lamp came in contact with gas it will be put out? A: Not exactly; there is a way of saving your flame if you are careful

J: Well why was it that in your first examination your light went out? A: I didn't say so. I said that one time I lost my light, but whether it was the first examination or not I don't know

J: What would be the reason? A: Presence of gas.

J: In considerable quantity? A: The quantity has nothing to do with it

Mr. Morgan:- The quantity has nothing to do with it if you put the light up too high it will be put out. You have got to be careful that's all.

Mr. Potts:- When you found gas, what [cause?] did you adopt? A: I got the men working alongside of it to mark [close?] to the [good?] roof, and keep filling the cave up with rocks; and they had been doing that for a week previous, every day.

J: Would that force the gas out? A: It would displace the gas; the rock would take the place of the gas.

J: When did you first adopt this [cause?]?

A: When the cave first took place, probably for a week before.

J: On the 15th when you detected gas, what [cause?] did you [adopt?] to dispel it? A: The same as I had done the day before, instructed the men to fill the cave with rock.

J: Did they do it? Yes.

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