Uintah Basin Standard | 1962-06-14 | Page 7 | Monster Drops into Street of Duchesne City

Monster drops hlo street of Duchesne City DUCHESNE A monster-of-a-sort fell through Duchesne City street here this It was a 54 ton power shovel loaded on a float It was pulled to the side of the street at the near the John Thompson when Uie trailer sank through the road Into what was apparently a sewer In trying to pull Uie equipment out a motor the fifth wheel pin broke on Uie The huge power shovel is owned by San Francisco Chemical at which had bought the shovel to use in the phosphate mining reports Elden Ford of Bucyrus-Eric of representative of Uie power shovel He said the shovel and Uie trailer weighed about The equipment sank several feet Thursday and was removed from the big hole Saturday Digging was done around the equipment and heavy Umbers used to form a ramp to pull out the trailer a huge It left a big hole in the which has been