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Show PERISHES BY FALL I IK WA MINE I Mont J. Ferguson, Surveying Underground, Falls Ninety Feet to Death. UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE ' H PROPERTY THE CAUSE j H . 1 Was Prominent in Engineering ' and Mining Circles of - Special to Tho Tribune. jH BINGHAM, March 5 Mont J, Fergu-son, Fergu-son, promlnont and well known In mln- ing and civil engineering circles of tho H State, lost his life In the Yampa mine 1 IH Sunday evening by a fall of from eighty to ninety feet from- the eleventh level. J , air. Ferguson had been busy for only a short time surveying the underground , workings of the Yampa and from the clr- J cumslanceo surrounding his death It Is evident his unfamlllarlty with the mine was the direct cause of his fatal fall. I Wns Surveying the Mine. ! air. Ferguson was employed by M. Van I IH Fleet to survey tho Yampa, and Sunday j evening, while leaving the underground ; workings, air. Ferguson remained behind j IH for a few moments. This was nt 4 o'clock, ( IH and air. Van Fleet, after waiting for him over nn hour, again entered the mine. 1 but returned without finding any traco of 1 1 the unfortunate man Another search was Instituted by air. Van Fleet, assisted by tho foreman, with tho result that thu IH body of air. Ferguson was discovered. Death Was Instantaneous. It is evident that death was Instantanc- I IH ous, as the skull was fractured and nuiu- IH crotis other injuries proved that no suf- , IH forlng attended tho terrible fall. air. Fer- . guson was 35 years of age, and was one . of the most promicnt engineers In the j H Slate. An Inque3t was held Monday be- fore Judge Lec and It was found that his I death was accidental. air. Ferguson leaves a mother, Mrs. IH Phyllis Forguson; one sister, airs. David i Keith, and two brothcrn, F. Ferguson of Salt Lake City, and Dan Ferguson of Sap Francisco. The body has been shipped to IH Salt Lake for burial. |