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Chung Chi

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Q: What height is that where the cave is? A: Probably 18 inches more at that time. I didn't hold the lamp 18 inches higher, I held it about 7 feet high. Q: And that would be about 18 inches from the top of the roof? A: No, I said the roof was something over six feet high, and the highest point of the cave was 18 inches above the roof. Q: What action did the gas have on your lamp? A: It first draws the flame. Q: What action did it have on the 15th July? A: One time I lost my light in it. Q: Was that the first examination? A: I believe it was but I am not sure now. Q: What does that indicate? A: It indicates gas there. Q: 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. Q: Then directly your safety lamp comes in contact with gas it will be put out? A: Not exactly; there is a way of saving your flame if you are careful. Q: 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. Q: What would be the reason? A: Presence of gas. Q: 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 to high it will be put out. You have got to be careful, that's all. Mr. Potts:- When you found gas, what course did you adopt? A: I got the men working alongside of it to work close to the good roof, and keep filling the cave up with rock; and they had been doing that for a week previous, every day. Q: Would that force the gas out? A: It would displace the gas; the rock would take the place of the gas. Q: When did you first adopt this course? A: When the cave first took place; probably for a week before. Q: On the 15th when you detected gas, what course 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. Q: Did they do it? A: Yes. Q: Did you report on the safety of the mine that day? A: I reported it in the Journal. Q: It has no reference in this book to safety. Did you tell the miners before they went down to work that the mine was safe? A: Yes, every individual miner. Q: They passed you at the station? A: Yes. Q: Did you consider it safe? A: Yes, perfectly safe. Q: I think you said just now that you found less gas on the 15th than you did on a previous occasion? A: Yes. Q: Did you chalk mark the places you examined? A: Yes. Q: Did you see the body of the chinaman that was buried under the cave in? A: Yes. Q: Was he burnt? A: I couldn't tell.

BC Archives GR-0431 Box 6 File 3

BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.