--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Charles C. Bush collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 3 number: 9 published: 1900-07 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Charles C. Bush, "The Scofield Mine Disaster," *Improvement Era* 3, no. 9 (July 1900): 661.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera39unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera39unse start_page: 661 end_page: 661 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1900-07) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera39unse publication_year: 1900 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1900, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # The Scofield Mine Disaster BUSINESS TRAINING. 661 this pushing, practical age. As a greater part of the business is transacted by correspondence, this branch of a business education has assumed great prominence, and is now considered indispensable. THE SCOFIELD MINE DISASTER. Near twice one hundred forms are, one by one, In terror taken from untimely tombs; On Scofield's turf, beneath a blazing sun, Lie Scofield's dead near Scofield's weeping homes! Where but a moment since, peace reigned supreme, And only May Day quiet could be found, Now groans are heard, and wives and mothers scream, As black and mangled bodies strew the ground! There, side by side, in death's unyielding grasp, Lie blackened, charred remains of miners brave; Sons, fathers, husbands shared one mighty clasp; Passed to death's vale in one black, yawning grave! Our Father, thou who doest all things well, Look down in mercy on those shattered homes! Send sunshine there, and do their sorrow quell, Until the day of resurrection comes. For those departed ones we breathe a prayer; Take them to thee, on that eternal shore; They've gone ahead — and we shall meet them there; They are not dead, but only "gone before." Charles C. Bush. Honolulu, June 1, 1900.