Aho v. Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co.

Action on the case to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in the Princeton mine, by falling rock, on June 23, 1910, while in the employ of the defendant. This mine had two shafts, known respectively as Nos. 1 and 2. At the time of the accident the defendant was extending a permanent passageway on the bottom level from No. 1 shaft southerly in the direction of No. 2 shaft, and which would ultimately be connected with that shaft. This passageway was mostly through solid rock. It was what is called a rock drift. It was about 7 feet high, and 7 feet wide. One track was…