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Show liner Still Bears Up Well After Week of Ordeal Rescue Shaft Day Away William LARK Vernon (Buck) had spent a full week entombed 4', miles inside a mountain heie, must wait at least until Monday for his freedom. Benton Bojd, me president and general manager of the Western Diusiot., United States Smelting. Refining & Mining Co., said drilling crews completed a 5 shaft to the trapped miner eatlv Saturday, 'and aie now tning to make him more comfortable Buck v:,l hate whatever he wants and can make Use of. said Mr. Boyd. He added rescuers already have sent blankets, fond and other items thiough the shaft. Jones, who Satui day afternoon To Drill Shaft The next step, he said, will be the borshaft, using the existing ing of a 5 shaft as a guide. This will tequire a minimum of 21 And that's it etery-thinhours. he added. goes perfectly and we don't run into Double. Once the shaft is completed, sometime around noon Sunday, woikmen will begin enlarging the shaft to lfi im liWe will be very fortunate if the es. bit lueaks thiough in any less time than is lequned for the shaft," Mr. Boyd said. Mr. Boyd said the company has offers to help from across the coun-t- r h Pv George Sorensen and Jerry Tnvlor Tribune Staff Writers and son, Glen, went into the mine Saturday evening and talked with the tiapped miner. Joseph came out of the mine about 8 and with tears in his eyes, said Buck told me: 'Thevll get me out. It'll take a little time, but the tiovs in the drift are making good tune.' " Joseph told his brother. "Everyone is praving for you and we wish you luck. The contest between the moilets and the drill crews was getting to the point pm. g h h . he added, d About 2 a m. Satin day, engineers sent ?.ii. Jones equipment to make sevetal simple )aeks to shoie up the ceiling' of lus cell. The equipment, designed and manufactuied at the mine, v as passed to linn thiough a pipe established as a lifeline Thursday. two-inc- Race and Visit Company Officials Extreme Care Needed We are very interested in getting Mi. Jones out, said Mr. Boyd. And we know that the public also is interested. But we must be extremely careful, both for the safety of Mr. Jones and of the rescuers. Almost too late, Michelle Eutsler, skis under her arm, gets two helping hands from Allen Clark as 300 ou she boards the Snowball Express, of winter fun in the snow-covere- bound for a day Park City area. d Park City Special Express Chugs Merrily to Ski Slopes . Moie than 300 Salt Lake City residents Saturday headed for the hills aboard the Snowball Express, a special train that took them to a day of winter fun at and around Paik City. Heavy snowfall last postponed the trip from a week earlier, but this time all systems were go. I Stretch pants and stocking caps were the order of the day for all who ventured from the temperatures of Salt Lake City into temperatures in the teens and 20s at Echo Junction and Park City. Union Pacific pas. The special senger train, sponsored by the Salt Lake .Area Chamber of Commerce as part of its annual Winter Carnival, was bulging with skis, sleds and the music of three 12-c- bands almost an hour before its scheduled departure at 1 Gov. and Special Train a Sellout It bulged so much in fact, that more than a score of persons had to share seats after tickets were sold out. At 1 p.m., with horns (and electric guitars) blaring, the express chugged from the UP Depot bound for Ogden and from Ogden to Echo Junction. The express featured baggage cars filled with special food and refreshments. The spirit cultivated on board the train spread throughout Park City as many of the passengers decided a restaurant, not the ski slopes, was the smartest first stop. These days, the tourist business is show business youve got to have a show business attraction to draw the visitors. - And we'd better get on the ball fast because the tourist promoters from other states are gobbling up all the available tourist attractions. A GROUP OF REAL ESTATE proin Arizona recently purchased moters and are moving it, London Bridge brick by brick, to the desert. It will b" a great attraction. Americans will drive hundreds of miles out of thetr way to see even if there is no London Bridge water under it. In Fulton, Missouri, a college lias just bought a famous English church. ,The famous Si. Mary Chuch of raxed during the Nazi blit of London during World War II, has been bought by Westminster College in Fulton Mo. Alder-jnanbur- y, The church, brick by brick, has been Shipped to the Misouri college. It will be recreated on the college camnus. This will be a great tourist attraction, A group of Arizona civic leaders in Scottsdale recently put in a bid for the leaning Tower of Pisa. They warned to move the histone tower from Italy to Arizona. ,'l THINK THE ITAH Tourist Council s.ieiild start looking around for a good tourist attraction. Perhaps we could put a bid in for the Suez Canal. After all, nobody's using it these days. Utah co'ilcl buy the canal, move it to Utah, and place it between Snltair and Antelope Island. been Mercury Plunge Augurs III for Springs Arrival Inter- mountain Region slipped far below normal Saturday, with many stations in the northern portion of the area failing to get above freezing all day. Salt Lake City just barely made it when the mercury climbed to 34 degrees Down in Dixie The highest temperature in the state 50 degrees at St. George, but even in Utahs Dixie the mercury dropped below freezing during the night with a low of 23 degrees. Coldest spot in the state was Bryce Canyon where a minus 6 reading was taken during the early morning was hours. But the coldest spot hi the region was Big Piney, Wyo., where the mercury dipped to 27 below. Temperatures throughout the region were from 5 to 15 degrees colder Saturday morning than they were 24 hours earlier when the region had a heavier cloud cover. at 3 Hurt as Blaze flurries again. Most high temperatures north of the border remained in the 20s Satui day, and forecasts indicate little cnange is expected there Sunday. Flares, Chars Crescent Home Utah-ldah- CRESCENT Three persons were burned Saturday at 8:43 p.m. whoa fire raced through a frame house at 9579 Outage Hobbles County Sector S. State. Mrs. Iola Heuser, 53, 9379 S. State, was reported in fair cohdition at Cottonwood Hospital, where she was treated for WHAT THE FROMOTERvS of tho Golden Spike ceremony should have done is to reconstruct the town of one of the great sin Coriime, Utah towns of the West. At one time, Uorinne had the wildest saloons, the gaudiest wonwn, the best fights and the honky tonks of any town in the West. Corinne, recreated in all of its old sinful glory, would really bring in the A large area of western and southwestern Salt Lake City and County was without electric power for some time Saturday afternoon and evening. A spokesman for Utah Power & Light Co. said the power outage was caused first-secon- and of her body. percent third-degre- e burns over Mrs. Dianne Richins, 20, st tourists. But the Utah State Legislature has made this impossible how can you have a roaring town with I suppose we had better concentrate our efforts on buying the Suez Canal! mini-bottles- ? SAM. TILE SAD CYNIC, SAYS: , 6301 o Power Failure Special to The Tribune tion. Snow City with 6 inches of new snow. The cold weather and snow flurries were caused by a stationary front through Idaho into Wyoming, combined with a cold low pressure system aloit and a mass of moist, unstable air. That same system is expected to bring continued cold temperatures Sunday with a few areas of scattered snow The train left Park City, and at least of its passengers, at 10 p.m. Present plans call for the renaetment the pounding of the Golden Spike" . . . and two old railroad engines will meet to signify the joining of the East and West by rail 100 years ago. But no girls! After aU, once you see two old railroad engines meet youve seen em all . . . It would be more interesting if one of the engines was a girl railroad engine, and the other one was a boy railroad engine. Then you'd have a tourist attrac- Little Only a few snow flurries were reported Saturday, leaving very light amounts of snow. Heaviest snowfall was recorded at Park City, with 2 inches of new snow, and Brian Head near Cedar a few of By the end of this week, the Utah and all State Legislature will be over of the n miliers will have to start buying their own lunches again. A Once the ceremony was over, the skiers could board buses headed for all area resorts, or simply wander up Main Street or Park Avenue and soak up some scenery. For those not interested in skiing, planners provided such activities as hay rides. ! 2 above freezing dunng the after noon. But that was considerably below the normal high for the date of 50 degrees. The low in the states capital was 21, 7 degrees below the normal for the date. Neither high nor low readings w'ere records. visitors. attraction this summer. But we're not promoting the project Saturday afternoon, Velma Jones and Glen Jones, 24, children of the trapped miner, visited with company officials. We're impatient," said Velma. But my mother and my brothers and sisters all are holding up well." I lun-e- lf a miner, Glen Jcuc., said "I've always beard about accidents, but vou never figure you'll be involved in one. This has scared me quite a bit. Both family members said their spirits remain high 's Temperatures all across the have Mr. Boyd said, informed by the drilling contractor that this operation involves something new in diamond drilling. Mr. Jones brother, Joseph M. Jones, We Page One At Park City the train was treated to welcome by the Park City Higl. School Band, Mayor William Sullivan and the Town Council. Special mine train rides were featured for the Utah is lucky in one respect. We do have Promotory Summit and the historic site of thp pounding of the Golden and this will be a great tourist Spike t Section H 19G9 an Relocate the Sphinx halfway between Nephi and Payson, Utah, and you'll have to build an extra freeway to take care of the tourists. honky-tonkie- Sunday, March 9, Welcome You can't tell me tourists wouldnt stop to see the Suez Canal. If we cant make a deal for the Suez Canal from Nasser, jierhaps we can buy one of the pyramids in Egypt- - Or the Sphinx. right. No girls New Kind of Operation Rampton It was along the last leg of the trip, from Echo to Park City, that two trains, bound for the United Park City Mine, became mired in heavy snows last week. But this Saturday the adventurers stepped merrily from the train in the historic Park City station. On the train the snow enthusiasts sang the old favorites to the accompaniment of two small combos that traveled from car to car. A third bend remained stationary, but not still. Nothing Serious attraction. L. Cancelled Last Meek Dan Valentine's TOURIST TRADE: The tourist business is one of Utahs big problems. Everyone agrees we are not getting our share of the touring dollar. ; The main reason is: We dont have a gigantic, flamboyant tourist Mrs. Calvin Mr. Boyd explained one of the most of the drilling operation is providing a constant flow of water to the diamond drill bit. Should the water, used to cool thp special bit, be restricted or cut off, he said, the bit could freeze up in the shaft and all would be lost. Toolmakers at Christensen Diamond Products Co. were expected to begin w ork on the unique bit late Satursoon as as Drilling Co. Longyear day, crews wmiking in the mine report on tlr bit. success of the specially-buil- t TV Today, Loral News Section II Sport crucial aspects h were scheduled to board the train at Echo Junction, but the governor was unable to make the trip. p.m. Hand-Digge- Mi. Bov d said the moilets, or handdigging crews, still are about 10 teet from Mr. Jones on the alternate escape icmte. He added the moilers ate racing the dull crews and I don't give a darn it they tie!" Ot fiends have abandoned, at least tor thp piesent. plans to enlarge the dull hole to 22 inches. Mr. Bend said Mr. Jones w ill have adequate room to slide shaft. out through the planned We can't use the 20 and 22 inch bits because the dulling engineers are afraid to use them in this case because of special rock conditions," Mr. Bo)d said. Buck is holding up well. His spirits are high. He knows he'll be out soon, Mr. Boyd said. sends his appreciation. Tribune Staff Photo by Rose Welser l h h Buck knows this, some of the men were making bets on who would leach Mr. Jones fust. Mr. OftnMs said the til year-olJones told them lie doesn't have an ache or pain anywhere in Ills bod) He's in excellent shape, said Mr. Bind. The doctor has uiged him to exercise as much as he can in his limited quarters " 40 S. State, and her daughter, Shauna Lynn, 2, were treated for minor burns and released. The fire began when Mrs. Heuser was poking coals In a stove. The fire flared up and spread flames into the kitchen of the home, Sgt. Joe Peterson said. When firemen arrived at the scene, flames were shooting from the building. The three victims managed to escape from the buinmg house. The house was gutted by flames, Fite Chief Ftank Jones said. Theie was no early estimate of damages but al1 of Mrs. Heusers belongings were destroyed. when a mobile providing power to the area had equipment failure. He said the mobile unit was being usixl during routine maintenance and enlargement of the peimanent Redwood substation. Crews worked until late in the e piling and re Med power by 8:30 p.m. The ,uea itnolveu .stretched from Redwood Ro.ul west between 21st South and approximately 30th South. It aho covered the Glendale Turk resulenti d n area. Merlee Breach found the water fine even though overflow froze on the T fountain and base at Vnion Pacific Depot due to chilly weather. A major problem occutred in the Industrial Center, where burglar alurms were automatically triggered when the power went off. 1 |