A terrific explosion occurred last night between 9 and 10 o'clock in the Central Pacific mine, killlng 35 Chinamen and 3 white men. The mine was opened in 1869 and is nearly worked out. It is mine No. 3, Nos. 1 and 2 having-been worked out. About 200 men worked in the mine by day and as many as 75 at night. Nearly the whole force was Chinamen. A fire had been raging in the mine for 5 years, but it had been hemmed in by stone walls. The supposition is that gas accumulated and in some way communicated with the fire . The explosion burned the surface works, and the mine slope was set on fire . Fifteen men were rescued alive from the fourth level. and 1 was badly injured from the north air course.