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The snow is gone and we were able to get a couple of photos of the Blakeburn Disaster grave in Princeton, B.C.  Cornelius Hupton does not have a headstone.  Attached is a photo of the memorial stone for all of the men who lost their lives in the mining accident and a photo of the site which shows the metal markers on the graves.  The markers used to have paper inserts with the men's names, however, over the years, those papers have disappeared.  If there is anything else I can help you with, please don't hesitate to ask.
 

I doubt you would get much more information from the inquest papers.  The inquest failed to find any one cause.  It did rule out lightning but couldn't conclusively rule out dust, the sprayers or the runaway as possibilities. (I got this information from Terry Malanchuk's book)  Don Blake does have some information in his book.  I can email it to you if you send me your email address.  It is the report of the Chief Inspector of Mines, James Dickson. 

I was up at the Princeton Cemetery today, however, due to snow on the ground no graves could be seen.  I have done some research at the Princeton Archives though.  Below is what I found in the old newspapers after the mine disaster:
Cornelius Hupton was located in the #1 slope of the #4 Blakeburn mine.  "the men were lying, one after the other, along No. 1 slope, strewn like flies.  They had fallen in their tracks as they made for the surface.  It was the deadly afterdamp rather than the force of the explosion that killed these men.  They lay perfectly natural.  They did not suffer.  They were simply overcome by gas and dropped one by one." (Princeton Star August 21, 1930) 
In the same newspaper the following information came from the company office files:
"Cornelius Hupton, digger, English, age 22, married, two children.  Signed on September 30, 1929.  Widow Mrs. C. Hupton, 27 Mayfield St. Atherton."
Mr. Hupton's body was identified on Tuesday, August 19, 1930.  The mine disaster occurred on Wednesday, August 13, 1930.

Cornelius Hupton is buried at the Princeton Cemetery in Block 11, Section H, Lot 13.  DOD is August 13, 1930 (Black Wednesday).  If I can help you with anything else, let me know as I live near Princeton.

I can help you with this.  I am a member of the Princeton Museum Society and have a record of burials at the Princeton Cemetery as well as burials of two other local cemeteries.  If you tell me who you are looking for, I will see if I can find them in my data base.