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Show BEN HILLMAN RESCUED AFTER FORCED LANDING ON WEST DESERT Milford residents had two "alerts" this week when reports of airplane accidents reached town, one on Monday concerning concern-ing a probable plane accident on the east slope of the Miner al Mountains, and on Thursday citizens and the Milford Emergency Emer-gency Committee were asked to stand by to assist in a search for Ben Hillman, former Milford Airport manager who now oper I ates the Ely Airport. Ben was I missing on a flight -in lo desolate country north of Baker, Nev. ! The Mineral Mountain emergency emer-gency proved to be a false ! alarm. Flares on the mountain- side above Adamsville had been SPENT COLD NIGHT I v . . h i , 1 41 WkM fitliif ilS-tiiil! if .iff 1! f,y '"7 Bmi ii hhiNmh irfa?2 in Tn mi inrl Ben Hillman sighted from 6 a. m. to 8 a. m. j Monday by residents of Beaver and Greenville. A ground! party led by Sheriff Jasor Puf- j fer located a broken Telluride power line, which had been I causing the flares as the line was whipped across other power lines by the wind. Mr. Hillman. on a flight to the Tungstonia mine, about 50 miles north of Bakei was forced down when his plane begar to "ice up," and landed at an old mine near his destination. The plane was slightly damaged when it nosed over in the soft snow. Search parties were alerted and planes from Ely, Salt Lake and Delta began searching the area after two miners whom Mr. H'llman was to have flown to E'y reported that he had not prrived at the mine. He was found about, 2:30 Thursday afternoon, aft-ernoon, 24 hours after he left Ely. He had spent the night in an old mine tunnel, and survived I the 30-below-zero weather with j little actual suffering. ' Ski planes were dispatched to the area Thursday afternoon, and ground parties equipped with skis were attempting to reach the mine. |