Noticed while researching other newspaper stories in Minneapolis Journal: Minneapolis Journal, Oct. 10, 1901 page 12 Deaths in the Quincy Three Miners Killed by a Fall of Rock Special to the Journal Hancock, Mich. Oct. 10 - A fall of rock in No. 2 shaft of the Quincy Mine in Hancock killed three men -- Alfred Gale, 44 years old, married, wife and five children; Alfred C. Gale, his son, 18; Fred Farana, 23, single and a trammer. The men were buried under tons of rock. Their bodies were recovered after three hours work. This is the worst accident in the history of the mine. The fall of rock was caused by an air blast and the fatalities occurred 4,500 feet underground.