Reynolds v. New Century Mining Co.

*209The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

The defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for damages for personal injuries suffered in the defendant’s lead and zinc mine in which he was a laborer. The evidence tended to prove that the-plaintiff and a fellow laborer were working a steam drill, but on the day when injured they had been breaking boulders and “brunoing.” Their working day ended at five o’clock in the afternoon. About twenty minutes before that time, having finished that work for the day, they went into another part of the mine about 100 feet distant for…