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January 15, 1996 The Salt Lake Tribune D3 Boys Found Adventure in Exploring Tooele County’s Abandoned Mines By Brian Maffly THE SALT LAKE TRIE STOCKTON — Jeremiah Etherington and Corey Burningham were 14 when the hidden myster- ies of Tooele County’s abandoned minesfirst lured the Salt Lake County youths to the Oquirrh Mountains Exploring old mines became a passion, one that may have proven fatal to the 18-year-old Ether- ington, who disappearedin aswirl ofdust and debris nearthe top of a 600-foot shaft Saturday First they started camping here, then they discovered the mines.” said thevictim's mother Connie Etherington of Magna, as she waited Sundayat the sheriff's Trib aff Photo Located on Redwood Road near the Rose Park Golf Coursein Salt Lake City, this residence is considered in violation of the city zoning code for having inoperable vehicles in the yard. command postin the foothills five miles south of Tooele. think, well, at least he’s not in- When JunkStarts Piling Up in the Yard, Property Values Start Going Down ByJay Baltezore Affairs hospital nurse who lost 1700 South, and werestacked in the two pickup trucks — oneinoperable — in his driveway. Healso TENS YZCOs DE parked his boat onthe street Under city law, the inspector could have written up Evans for several violations of the zoning code District 1 3 47 5 6 C Evans said as he continued the remodeling work. “So the inspector cameback out and said: ‘It looks good, keepit up But as junkyyards go, Evans’ situation maybe an where owne-occupants or tenants ignorecity laws aimed at keeping trash and broken-down equipment from blighting neighborhoods Despite skyrocketing property values in Utah's the neighborhood. And it’s the extreme casethat sets the example.” Since taking office in 1994, Reid has wageda re- lentless battle to get homeownersinhis westside Dis- ment lodged wherehis friend had stood Burningham called for their companion Robert Ferguson, 16 or abandonedvehic d e parts on premises unless licensed wrecking y to help look for Etherington. uch as repair shopsor called for 10 or was no answer,” wholeft to call the Tooele County 28-day warningperiod, followed by a $50 per on residences and $200aday fine on bu day fine Sheriff's Office from a Stockton storeat 3:30 p.m nesses. neighbor. morning Rescue personne] from Salt Lake and Tooele counties, along with mine rescuepersonnel called said one ‘[The vehicles] are all for wrecking. He starts them upand takes them away That tendencyto ignore neighborhoodblight ran kles Reid. These sameareasof thecity, he notes in eventually from Utah Power and Skyline Mine Rescue, aninde- pendent contractorin Price, showthehighest transiency andcrime rates, and the lowest test scores among schoolchildren What those neighborhoods need most is an infu sion of morestable families that interact with other families and arewilling to reverse the blighted con ditions. says Reid But people won't moveinto the communities that are not cleanedup, so they remain that wayfor gen- And. as part of its effort to crack down on viola Anotherproblemis that in some long-established for the Salt Lake City Building Services Department Neighbors next door and across the street from claims case. 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Workers were fashioning most experience with the dan associated with abandoned miné According to Dave Eskelser spokesman for Utah Power, the company developed special te for the coal mines it operate Utah. “They are volunteers who train for the specific purpose of rescuing disabled people in mir ing situation, usually when acces is restricted in some way such as a rock fall or fire The teams have volunteered help out before in old hard-rock mines. “Most of the abandoned mines people explore are old hard-rock mines — copper, t that kind of stuff A few years ago when young boy got lost in the o Tooele County]. we had rescue teams involved in that f number of days.” Eskelser rdir And these teams accord believe the tunne contraptions from wood to lize the tunnel and the shaft About 9:30 a.m.. an ar lance — for Etherington when he found — madeits way slowly ¢ the dirt road over grades n¢ imagined bythe vehicle's des gn a lone the Between 10 and 11 am volunteer climbed thr then rappelled down Kennecott { ‘tah opper proje geologist Ken Krahulech know the Honorene Mine well. Bu would not explore it. those old mines a of wate hey are “Most i Krahulech saw a lo nd 30 feet intc the shaft to the spot where Bur ninghamsaid he last saw Ether ington Scharmann commands the op truck hin; vanking and it off Werecognize your great efforts and sacrifice on behalf of all Utahns as Executive Director of the Utah Centennial Commission. We know that you are o man of Actogrty and grec! talent, You performed our job well. Thank you for_ making the Centennial a success. Colleen Busenbark Nancy C. Frazier Linda Peterson April M.Turneau Mary Ann Garner Sarah b Voigt Dorothy H. Adams Ruth Belliston Mary Louise Bean Betty Brand Heidi Hill Mary Stromness Joan S$. 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Manfull Roma Luthi Genese Beck Carolea Nielsen Torma Henderson Ann Angerbauer Manijeh Salari 363-8811 By decriminalizing these cases, inspectors hopeto Whenit’s a civil case, we don't have to have as strong proof [as a criminal case] because thereis not a threat ofjail.” says Bill Cupit. legal investigator the mothers said said Scharmann = Cable ¢ Bond @ Fuse 455 E So Temple claims court code. The dealers are putting their energies into running the drug business and not keeping up the house. velder, horizontal entrance tunnel Satur horizontal tunnel entrance Hair Replacement The fine is $200 a day for busi nesses, streamline the process and send a messagethat if offenders don’t pay the small-claims judgment, the city will fileliens against their properties Metal Works as an apprenti Burningham stepped inte Etheringtons’ camper witk packet of photographs he trieved from his missing frien Eight members of the combined tors, the city’s building-services department soon will take the more resistant neighbors to small Cheryl Luke. “For example, drug houses tend to be in homes where the standard of conduct is not upto High School without graduating and Etherington found a job at Niederhauser Ornamental anc equipment er rescue teams (totaling about 40) were making their way along the or litter the place with inoperable vehicles $50 a day. dangerous. but away from ther said Burningham’s mother, Mel sa Peckham Both adventurers left Hu It’s not going to do us any good if we have to rescue our own Now, after a 28-day warning, residents who don't clean up their properties will begin accumulating fines of con- interest would fromtrouble and int volved with a caving group. learn sometechniques and get the right teen, who could be trapped almost anywhere in the 600-foot shaft \ harrowing incident Saturday night prompted rescuersto focus people,” warning periods for residents who keepjunky yards ® Optional Maternity ed campingtrips in any kind of her in their quest for subter ranean adventure We wantedtoget Jeremiah in- tinued efforts Sundayto reach the on stabilizing the shaft and entrancetunnel before attempting a Last spring, whenthe Salt Lake City Council ap specific standards for warning letters and uniform @ Competitive Rates little formal training and only ba- sic equipment. They took extend night and a frustrating Sunday truck bed on the front lawn He doesn’t bother me, he’s a nice guy,” proved a newcitywide zoning ordinance. it imposed the home jammed with more than 20 unregistered explorations, but the teens had lineup of vehicles or the camper top and rusting Tribu The council and state court administrators later neighborhoods, some residents look the other way buddy Burningham used sche matic maps to guide their mine cars, trucks and vans voiced no complaints about the The Salt Lake signed a memorandum ofunderstanding that would That kind of blight seems to be aninvitation to Etherington and his longtime By 9 a.m., about three dozenres Maylett ing-code violations a lowpriority criminals — it gives the impression that neighbors don’t care,” says Salt Lake City’s chief prosecutor, sometimes brought them to near the mine, they hoped it wouldbe a quick rescue. Instead it turned out to be a long, cold Rhonda Hailes search crime, dirt roadalong state Route 36. On Sunday, Connie reminisced about hermissing son, the second oldest in acrew ofeight siblings who col lected pet rats and frogs and crisscrossing thehills and gullies pridein their neighborhoods, rather than accepting the way things are To press their case for stronger court enforcement, city prosecutors have focused moreattention The family retreated to the command post, 142 miles down a downthe deeply rutted dirt lanes Last year. as council chairman, he led a moveto establish Salt Lake City Municipal Court because, he claimeu, stale circuit court judges gavecity zon- on the correlation betweenjunky neighborhoods and parent in the I knowit's ant take it top to hear if he was alive, calling assembled shortly after 4 p.m and Licensing erations,” says Reid. **We want peopleto take more zoning laws and how repeat violators dodgecity inspectors’ warnings for help.” said Fivas, a Salt Lake City firefighter four-wheeler made its way up or SOURCE: Salt Lake City Building S ents let them explore mines good careers. They ofter home with obsolete mining g minerals and intact bottles duced in an era when air but and other deformities were When thesheriff's rescue team trict 1 to clean up their properties. give zoning-codecases a special standing. Since that time, judges have attended seminars onthe city’s “We minutes. There said Ferguson. Dan Despite the dangers. the ing their them away delivered to Scharmann mapsof the Honorene. so planners could When the dust cleared, Bur ningham saw the fallen equip- Connie said It was not my favorite act for him to indulgein.” ngton added entrance after they insisted some one remain at the top of the shaft throughthe night ‘They didn’t have anyone at the the night About abovehim. equipment.” band, Dan. and h rad Fivas Kennecott geologist Bill Gunter, a collector of mine memorabilia @ Continued from D-1 1,431 dephus They pulled out of the mine for For Teen JUNK VEHICLES - unlicensed, inoperable. while bushes and over- their propertyas they choose, but these homesaffect Continues 2 __North/Northeast__98 Central City 355 Central City 229 East Bench 69 Southeast 146 machinery parts, or other materials commonly known grownivy plants cover the front yard STi old machinery andinoperablecars and a van surround a homeon 600 North near the Jordan it's their right to keep Rescue 1995 5 as junk @ Part of a corner home on 700 South near 700 East is draped with dead vines and sheets oftacked- the law becauseneighborswill think thecity can’t do anything says Salt Lake City CouncilmanStuart West Side 1994 Sheenvisionedthe kinds ofin- JUNK - junk, scrap metal, scrap lumber. w products, discardedbuilding material, mc from architectural works-in-progress to wrecking yards. ‘You can't havecitizens thumbing their noses at 10 years ago, was steeling herself for the worst DE dents turning their small parcels into everything removed. At least eight morevehicles, all in various stages of repair. jam the small back yard @The back yard of one homeon west Gillespie near 1200 West, is stuffed with assorted scrap material, vehicles and storage sheds 1993 237 TOTALS capital city, there are numerous examples ofresi- River The gravel driveway of a home on 1000 West near 1500 South is crowdedwith 12 cars, trucks and van ll of which are unlicensed, some with engines Location WestSide 2 Evans, instead. cooperated Wecleanedupthearea andtook the boat away,” exception. His attempt to upgrade his property contrasts with liundreds of others in Salt Lake City, another sonin a traffic accident periods and fines. Over the next few months, officers also will begintaking most unpaidviolators to small claims court, where cases movefaster and allow the city to file liens against some proper Reid. “Someviolators the shaft and look for thefallen Sait Lake City is stepping upits campaign against messy yards and homes by imposing uniform warning Thenight before sheriff's uties ordered Connie. her school Familyandfriends ofboth Burninghamandthe victim huddled awaiting word from the rescuers called in to stabilize teen Connie Etherington, a Veterans No surprise. Old lumber, doors and other refuse from the project littered part of his front lawn, near 700 East and up clear plastic sheeting, volved in drugs and gangs. Zoning Code Enforcement THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Last summer, Randal Evans was remodeling his Salt Lake City homewhenhe received avisit froma city inspector. “You just juries Etherington would have suffi and doubted he could survive them without medical intervention | | Thursday, January18th | Provo Park Hotel | | 7:00 p.m. Free Admission 567-9131 | America’s Hottest Opportunities os ae | BAC TRATTORT A of |
