SCOPEL, Louis

Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Wednesday, November 19, 1890, page 4, column 2 (From Saturday's Daily) Louis Scopel fell forty feet down a wince in the Boggs mine on Thursday night, receiving injuries from which he died yesterday morning. --------------------------------------------- Arizona Weekly Enterprise, Florence, Arizona Territory Wednesday, November 22, 1890, page 1, column 8 Fatal Accident - Courier Mr. J. F. Blandy, who has been surveying a route for the railroad in Big Bug district, returned last evening and informs us that Louis Scopel, a miner, fell down a wizen at the Boggs mine, Thursday night, a distance of 40 feet, and received injuries from which he died at 4 o'clock Friday morning. Several shots had been touched off, but Mr. Scopel, thinking all but one had failed, started down the winze to see what was the matter with them. The shots had not failed, but had all exploded, and the powder smoke so overcame Mr. Scopel that he relaxed his hold on the ladder and was hurled to his death. Deceased has relatives living in Crook canon south of Prescott. Transcriber's note: Mr. Scopel is buried in an unmarked grave at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona.