The Morning World-Herald, 2 February 1899
(Omaha, Nebraska)

MINER KILLED AT TERRY
James May Falls Down a Shaft
Lead, S. D., Feb 1.—James May, one of the most popular young miners in the Lead district, fell forty feet in the shaft of the Sunset Mining company, at Terry, and died yesterday from the effects of the fall. He was a leader in several society orders and was considered the most skillful miner in the district. His parents live at Cornwall, England, and he has a brother here and another in South Africa.

Contributed by Bob Bolitho