GEORGE DRAKE

Death Date:1 Jul 1891
Cemetery:Cedarvale Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place:White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States of America
Died from the burning of South Homestake Mine Drift for 2 days!

Miner overcome by smoke fumes in the burning mine: had been in White Oaks but a short time. George Drake and Ernest Timoney, finally George Fitzpatrick and Will Warner were able to bring the lifeless bodies up to the surface.

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Lincoln County Ownership

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      1    STUBBS C L  188410367

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