Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-07-13 | Page 3 | Falls into Sump of Silver King

FALLS INTO SUMP SUNI I OF SILVER KING KINC Powder Man at Mine Wear Neat f Park City Drops Six Hundred Fe Feet t. t MISTAKES MIST KES COMPARTMENT Thinks He Is Stepping Into Cage Waiting at Other I Side of the Shaft I Republican Special SpecIal- s. s Service vr Park Ch City July Jul 12 l lE Edward E Edward Carter po poWder r man mUll at nt th the Silver cr King mine fell Cell cli GOO COO feet Into the sump of or the the- mule today His Ills mangled bod body was recovered a a. row few hours later Mr Ir Carter Carter was on his Ills roun rounds s distributing distributing dis dis- powder to men under wound ground On the root foot level after lU-livering lU the th powder p er he went toward the tho cage to go 0 down to the lOll foot I level eve lea Instead of or stepping on the i case cage which wa was st-as waiting he went stent to I Ithe the he empty compartment nl of or the shaft raised the bar and slipped sUpped forward Mr Carter was CO GO O years old oM lie He le cs eaves a wife and family anti and throe three grandchildren who were dependent upon him for support His son Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward yard Carter Jr was killed in a n. snow- snow slide lido at the Quincy mine mino about live five Pears n. n ago o. o The Tho family has made mado Its home tome In Park for twenty y par ars coming corn com om oming ing from Canada Tho rho Miners Miners' Hn rs' rs union will lis have lise e charge harge af of the funeral which takes lake place from th tho ho Catholic church Sunday at 2 p p. m m.