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Ann: I checked the Territorial Enterprise newspaper for February of 1878. They listed no
births during that time period but some deaths and marriage. Nothing for Thomas Patrick
Cox would be available in the newspapers.
Regarding John Cox. Found this in the Territorial Enterprise for March 7, 1882.
Coroner's Inquest. Coroner Conn held an inquest last evening into the matter of the
death of James Cox. who lost his life by a fall received in the Osbiston shaft. The
verdict was in accordance with the facts heretofore published, execpt it was shown that
deceased was a good deal overcome and bewildered by the heat at the time he walked into
the shaft.
Note: They say James and the Storey Country records show John.
For you information...the heat in the mines got up to 140 degrees. Hot it was. The
miners worked about 15 minutes or so then went into a cooling chamber and cooled down with
water and ice. The average amount allotted to a miner was 95 lbs of ice for an eight hour
shift. They sometimes went down as far as 2500 hundred feet in the heat. All this for
4.00 a day. Big bucks in those days. Mining was not an easy way to make a living then.
Now you know what he perished from.
Regards, Arline in Reno