Edward Pulaski's 250-foot Long Coffin: A Ghost Mine's Boring Funeral Home

The Edward Pulaski Tunnel, standing tall at 6 feet high and 5 feet wide, was a 250-feet-long coffin. It resided alongside the Placer Creek Escape Route in a forgotten mine. On August 21, 1910, Pulaski and his 45 men were fighting the inferno near the west fork of Placer Creek. As fire expanded, Pulaski marched his troops toward the abandoned mine. The mine, worthless due to lack of valuable ore, provided enough room for Pulaski and his crew to outlast the night. As the fire raged outside the mine, Pulaski ordered his men to rest on the mine floor, where air was fresher. In a mad dash to quench the flames, Pulaski in his hat carried water from swamps on the mine floor to the entrance. As the fire inched toward the tunnel entrance, timber beams at the mouth of the tunnel began to smoke. Pulaski and his men, unfortunately, dozed off during this catastrophe.

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