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Surname
PRISK
Forename
John Thomas
Day
11
Month
05
Year
1912
Age
29
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Levant
Mineral Worked
Tin
Owner
Levant Mine Adventurers
Location
Pendeen
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
He was filling loose ore from a gunniss 3 feet 6 inches wide into a chute at the back of the 350 fathom level, A piece of ground 10 feet by 5 feet by 1 foot thick, the bottom of it level with his shoulders, slipped on to him from the foot wall and pinned him against the hanging, wall When the stone had fallen it was seen that a soapy head formed the hack of it. His partner said they had not taken the trouble to examine the walls before commencing work, thereby contravening Special Rule 98.