The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-30
STATE NEWS
SUED FOR $40, 500
Michael 0'Hagan Wants Heavy
Damages From Silver King
Consolidated.

Park City. March 29.-MichaeI o Hagan
filed suit against the Silver King Con-
solidated Mixing company OF this place
today through his attorneys. Rogers *
Street and Henry Shields. for S<J,5eV Tor
in iurieS received recently by being bldsttu
through a failure of the shaft cage 10
work and hoist the men away from
blast aftert the fuse vas spit and the
hosting signal given. All the other men
of the shift climbed out to safety above,
but O'Hagan was unable 10 do this he
ing last, and the exploding holes injured
him badly about the face and head, De
sides badly decorating his feet
Park City has been practically cut OIL
from the world today on account OF a
slide OF dirt on the Rio Grande Western
trick somewhere near Barclay, and the
morning train had not arrived at mai
closing time this afternoon. The scene
of this slide is near the one Of last Fri
day. when the outgoing train was stalled
until a work train could come up trOm
salt Lake Again today the work tram tran,
was required, but the size OF the slide
has made the arrival of the train here
today a question. For several hundred
feet the track was streWn with snow
mud and large bOuders. The work train
force is at work and the tain viii arrlv e
some time this evening ard VIII wait
only for a transfer OF mails before re-
turning to Salt Lake.
A general test was macc Of the ore IN
the Majestic this week by a well known
mining man Of town. and the result is
surprise. not only TO those making the
test, but TO the operators of the mine.
During the absence Of the working
force OF the Majestic a party from town
went into the property ana sampled the
rock in the walls of the shaft and the
ore in the bottom. making a test sample
which. when assayed showed values 10
the extent of IS ounces ia silver p per
cent lead and Sc in gold With a showing
like this made through the samples Of I'M
interested people the Majestic gives in
dica1ons of being among the best Of
the Parks small properties.
The American Flag mine here is stu
holding out in its phenomenal strike OF
a few weeks ago, and day before yester-
day vein OF ore was encountered which
this with the previous showing made II
the workings. assures the future Of the
mine. Today the force at the property
was engaged In putting IN the new com
pressor and air pipe IN the shafe In
the pas 1.-THE work at this property has
been hampered TO d certain extent By a
lack OF sufficient machinery. bur with
the installation OF this compressor and the
made the American Flag will be thor
oughiy and modernly euuipped and the
working force Will be materially in
creased.
J. W. Gieser left for SAT- Lake yester-
day.
Miss Alice ]. Fisher was among the ou--
gOers yesterday afternoon
Miss RhOda Nelson left yesterday for
Salt Lake.
Maggie Nimmo is visiting in the capt.
tai
J. J. DAILY was among the out-goers
on yesterdays train.
The farewell dance given for Mission
airy Frank Epperson was a success. both
socially andl financially. 4 large crowd
was IN attendance. goOa time hadbv all
and neat sum realized for the dcnart-
ing missionary.
Jack Kelley Of the Silver King Con-
solidated was a Salt Lake passenger.
Miss Lillian Funk, one OF the teachfne
force OF the public schools mere, left yes
terday Tor Salt Lake.
captain Singiser was in town yesterday
looking over things at the American
Flag
Lake
A. D; Moffatt was a Sat Lake visitor
Miss Margaret Brundage is visiting