Anton Butorac

ACCIDENT NO. 17 - Feb . 4, 1907 — Anton Butorac, Austrian, trammer, Red Jacket shaft. This accident, which cost Anton Butorac his life occurred at the 65th level north, at the Red Jacket shaft.

An inquest was held before Justice Fisher on February 5, 1907, at which time the following witnesses testified:

Henry Eplett said: “I was working last night at the 65th level north. I knew the deceased by sight. He was a trammer and was working just under where we were working. He was running dirt to fill the car. We were drilling uppers and could look down the mill. We saw the trammers come in and saw this man up in the mill. He was standing about half way up the mill; standing against the timber. He wanted to get more dirt to fill the car. I suppose the rock broke away sooner than he expected, and before he could get either up or down, the rock caught him against the timber. We did our best to free him, but he died before we could get the rock away. The rock was against his stomach. The rock was very heavy, from half a ton to a ton, very fine copper rock. If the man had been up a little further or down a little further he could have gotten away. The accident happened about 11 o'clock last night. If he had been up a little further he would have been in a safe place.”

William Ansters: “I work at the Red Jacket shaft. I am a partner of Mr. Eplet, we were drilling uppers and saw the trammers come in to fill the car. The deceased came up the mill a little ways to get more dirt and it came away and jammed him against the timber. There was plenty room for a man to run the mill, but I think the dirt came away before he expected it and caught him against the timber."

Verdict: "We, the jury, upon our oaths do say, that Anton Butorac came to his death on the 4th of February, 1907, by being caught between the rock and timber while running a mill, at the 65th level north, Red Jacket shaft, Calumet & Hecla mine."

Anton Bukawak, a trammer employed in the Red Jacket shaft of the C. & H. mine, was killed at the-sixty fifth level Tuesday morning by falling rock. He was a married man and had lived in the copper country about five years.
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