| Show DEATH OF R P COLEMAN word was received in salt lake on the ath dinst of the tragic death of R P coleman of salt lake while visiting the ray copper mines near kelvin arizona according 1 to the dispatches a party of six with the driver were going from kelvin to the mines in an automobile the route being over a new automobile road then in course of construction As the auto approached the vicinity of where blasting vas avas in progress the foreman signalled signal led the chauffeur to stop and warned him of the impending explosion the car driver however continued to advance and when near the charge the explosion occurred and the car and its occupants were blown to atoms the killed were R P coleman of salt lake J 0 griffin engineer in the employ of the ray consolidated company W 11 1 1 freeland and walter frenz in the employ of henry krumb J B joyce A S Bl biebert ebert and the chauffeur W H lyall R P coleman whose untimely death is above noted was well known and greatly beloved in salt lake for several years he had been prominent in mining engineering circles being on the staff of the boston consolidated for some time and one of the engineers who made an examination of the utah copper during the early history of that mine he was a graduate of the colorado state school of mines and located in salt lake because he recognized the importance and promise for this field he was married about two years ago to miss florence cleveland of denver his widow and one child a son of five months survive him there is something that is more than pathetic in this sudden call from life unto death for the circumstances were so unusual so at variance with the natural order of the call into the unseen the unknown the afflicted family has the sincere sympathy of the mining review |
