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Show MISHAPS TAKE TWO MORE AT BINGHAM MINE Thrown under the wheels of a dump car when it was derailed, an employe of the Utah Copper Division, Kennecott Copper Corp. Was killed here almost instantly early Saturday morning, April 4. Dead is Michael Rav Borich, 22, 385 W. 5300 South, Murray. Mr. Borich, a brakeman for Kennecott, was riding the lead car of a string of six dump cars being pushed by a locomotive when the car was derailed. The jolt apparently caused the victim to lose his hold, and he fell beneath be-neath the wheels. The mishap occurred on the J level of the mine1 on the west side. It was the second tragedy in the past four days on the same level. On Wednesday, Paul R. Gabaldon, 31, Bingham Canyon, was fatally injured in an premature prema-ture powder blast. Mr. Borich joined Kennecott in 1948 as a trackman and was promoted pro-moted to brakeman in 1950. He was born Oct. 24, 1930, in I East Ely, Nev., a son of Mr. and Mrs. Rade Borich. He moved to Murray 10 years ago and was graduated from Murray High School in 1948. He is survived by his parents, a brother, Ray 'Borich, and a sister, sis-ter, Helen Borich, all of Murray. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at 4760 So. State St. with Rev. Mortimer Chester of St. Paul's Episcopal Church officiating. Burial was in Murray city cemetery. Death struck for the third time within a week at the Utah Copper Cop-per Division open pit mine Monday Mon-day about 9 a.m. when a "first neiper was electrocuted wnne cleaning out a powder hole. Sherman Clinton, 35, Bingham, was killed instantly on the south F level at the east side of the mine when a metal "blow rod" he was holding accidently came into contact with a 5,000 volt overhead ov-erhead power line. Spokesmen for the company said Mr. Clinton was in the process pro-cess of cleaning out a powder hole approximately 30 feet deep when the mishap occurred. As he was lifting the rod from the hole, it touched an overhead transmission line, sending the current through his body. The rod, which directs a blast of eom- Eressed air, was being used to low dirt particles from the hole in preparation for blasting operations. oper-ations. Mr. Clinton was the third man to be killed at the mine within a week. Mr. Clinton was 'born in May, 1918, at the Shonto Indian Reservation, Res-ervation, Ariz., a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Clinton Whitehorse. He was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include his father; two brothers, Ernest Whitehorse, Shonto Reservation; Jackie White horse, Tucson, Ariz., and three sisters whose names were not available. Funeral services were held Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Bingham Bing-ham mortuary. Among the speakers speak-ers was LDS Apostle Spencer W. Kimball, President Fox of the Regional Indian Mission and Mr. Evans who spoke in the Navaha language. The body was taken to Tuba City, Ariz., for short services and burial. Bingham mortuary was in charge of funeral arrangements. |
