Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....PEET, Charles A. November 1918
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Las Vegas Age -11/23/1918
BODY OF CHAS. A. PEET, RECOVERED FROM KEY WEST SHAFT AFTER 14 DAYS



The body of Charles A. PEET, principal owner and superintendent of the Key West 

Mine, located about 15 [miles]northwest of St. Thomas, was recovered from the 

shaft Friday after having been there 14 days.



On the day of the accident, the superitendent of the mine went down the shaft 

with one of the miners, each standing on the rim of the iron bucket on opposite 

sides of the cable.  They stopped the bucket at the 150 foot level and started 

to get off the bucket, when Mr. PEET slipped and fell a distance of 75 feet, 

his body striking on the timbers just above the water which filled the bottom 

of the shaft for a distance of 25 feet.  He was probably dead before he reached 

the bottom of the shaft.



Those above made an attempt to rescue the body but it slipped from its insecure 

resting place into the water and sank.  It was necessary to stop the pump and 

the water gradually raised until it was 90 feet deep.  This made the work of 

securing the body very difficult and for fourteen days it was in the shaft.  It 

appears from reports, that the exhaust from the mine engine is discharged into 

the shaft.  This, it is said, heated the water to such a degree that the body 

was cooked and in a horrible condition when raised.



Friday morning after the body had been brought to the surface of the water and 

placed in the bucket to be raised to the top, Albert WITTWER, of Bunkerville, 

impanelled a coroner's jury and held an inquest.



W. C. ZIMMERMAN left Vegas last Thursday night in response to telegraphic 

instructions to the undertaker, and went after the body, returning with it 

Friday evening.  The remains were prepared for shipment and will be sent to 

Salt Lake City today for interment.



Mr. PEET was a well known mining man of Salt Lake City.  He is said to be one 

of the largest owners of the Key West mine and to be interested in other mining 

enterprises.





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