Kochin v. Superior Copper Co.

Decedent, a man 26 years of age had been in this country about four years prior to the date of his death. During that period he had been employed in the business of mining, first as a drillboy and later ás a trammer. On the day of his injury, he, with another laborer, was directed by the trammer boss to shovel ore in a certain stope. This ore had been blasted from the breast of the stope some eight days or two weeks prior thereto. The stope in question was reached by a chute or raise 15 or 20 feet in length which led from the level to the stope. The hanging wall in this particular stope as…