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Willey Cruikshank Recovered Body from Deep Mine Shaft

When a young miner fell to his death in the deep shaft, only Willey Cruikshank would go down after him.

During the early years of the Buclimo mining operation, a young Englishman fell to his death in the deep shaft. None but Willey would go down to recover the body. Taking a piece of canvas, he wrapped the remains in it and brought it up the narrow shaft. The Englishman was buried under a nearby pine.

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