The Amazing Escape of Modesto Varischetti - the Entombed Miner, 1907

Modesto Varischetti was entombed underground for 9 days in a goldmine at Bonnievale, Western Australia. He was kept alive with the assistance of brave divers who gave him food, tobacco, candles and diluted claret daily. To read the blog and see photos, go to https://www.goldfieldstories.com/post/the-amazing-escape-of-modesto-varischetti-entombed-miner-in-1907.  First written by Norma King in 1980. Published and edited by Lorraine Kelly in May 2019.  Copyright belongs to Lorraine Kelly.