James Hanson a brother-in-law of Frank Thompson of Kingman was killed in a cave in one of the stopes of the Tom Reed mine last Monday night. He had set up his drill and had warned the muckers of the danger of a big slab of rock that was hanging in the side of the roof and then went out and brought in a number of drills to begin work. Apparently unconscious of danger he walked under the slab and at that instant it fell burying the unfortunate man beneath it. Life was crushed out in an instant although as it struck him he cried out for help. His body was brought to Kingman the following morning and embalmed for shipment to his old home in Angels Camp California. Hanson came here about three months ago and went to work in the Tom Reed where he was regarded as an exceptionally good miner. He worked sixteen years in one mine in Angels and only left there thinking to better the condition of his family. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his death.
[The Mohave County Miner September 14, 1912. Submitted by Barb Z.]