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Reading (Pa.) Eagle
Sunday, July 17, 1966


        GIRL FALLS INTO SHAFT
        
        Rescue Worker Unable to Find
        Trace of Victim.
        
        Calumet, Mich., July 16 (AP)
        - A girl fell into an abandoned 
      mine shaft and vanished today in
      the heart of Michigan's rugged
      copper country.
        Four hours later, a rescue
      worker, lowered 60 feet into the
      pit, said there was no sign of
      7-year-old RUTH ANN MILLER.
        RUTH ANN, daughter of MR. and
      MRS. EUGENE TAYLOR of Calumet,
      fell into the shaft about noon
      while playing with her brother,
      GARY, 10, near the shaft's opening.
        RUTH ANN is MRS. TAYLOR's daughter
      by a previous marriage.
        The mine is owned by Calumet &
      Hecla Mining Co. which was celebrat-
      ing the 100th anniversary of its
      founding when the tragedy occurred.
        Some 10,000 to 15,000 persons
      were attending a centennial parade
      and other festivities when the
      accident was reported by GARY.
        Some 500 persons gathered around
      the mine shaft, police said, as
      rescue workers fenced off the area
      and brought up a crane.
        The worker, lowered into the
      shaft by the crane, emerged to re-
      port there was no sign of the child
      and no answer to his calls.
        Michigan State police said the
      girl apparently fell through a
      small hole in a cap which covered
      the shaft opening. Rescue workers
      had to use drills to enlarge the
      cap opening in order to lower a
      man with the crane.
        Police said they do not know how
      deep the vertical mine shaft was
      but EARL GAGNON, of the Houghton
      mining Gazette, said "some of these
      shafts are 3,000 to 5,000 feet deep
      and partially submerged."
        "Some are as deep as a mile."
      he added.
      
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