The superintendent of the mine states that…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

The superintendent of the mine states that the Aztec company in September last caused the shaft house to be removed, but left a trap door over the bucket way, and the manhole was closed by a shed with a door which was fasten- ed. The only possible way for a man to get into the shaft was to crawl through a small opening in the south side of the shed, where a board had been torn off.