James Elsberry Bones |
| Posted 2019-01-26 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Weekly Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Wednesday, September 4, 1895, page 1.4 Death Of Jim Bones. A Well Known Prescottite Meets With a Fatal Accident Early This Morning While Working in His Mine Near This City. Another one of the old timers passes away. 'Jim' Bones, as he was familiarly known, was accidently killed in the Manhattan mine, at the foot of Mount Union, twelve miles south of Prescott, by the tunnel caving in and a boulder striking him on the top of the head. He and his partner, Mr. F. Fletcher, were working the above property, and when the cave took place, both were in the tunnel. Mr. Fletcher being some distance away. The crumbling of the earth, occasioned no unusual sound, and it was some five minutes afterwards when Mr. Fletcher went to where the rock and dirt had fallen. Mr. Bones was found dead by him, his limbs being partially covered, and boulder weighing probably 100 pounds, besides him. He was bleeding profusely from the nose, eyes and ears, and, it was supposed that in falling the rock struck Mr. Bones on the side of the head after he had fallen to the ground overcome by the weight of the lose dirt. the deceased has for a quarter of a century been a resident of this locality, and among all sincere regret is expressed over his sad ending. He leaves a wife and several children. F. S. Williams, in company with Undertaker Logan left to-day to bring the body to this city, where the funeral will take place. Mr. Williams also brought the first news of the accident, which has shocked everyone to whom he was known, being a prominent old timer and closely identified with this section. Transcriber's note: Mr. Bones is buried in an unmarked grave at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. |
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