Rig Mechanic Collapses, Dies at Kennecott Mine
BINGHAM – A heavy duty mechanic died Friday about 10:15 a.m. while working on a drill rig on the rim of the Kennecott Copper Corp. open pit mine.
Alton (Mike) Angus, 48, 2809-300 East, South Salt Lake, was pronounced dead at the scene by a Kennecott doctor. It was not known whether he was electrocuted or died of a heart attack.
An employee of Western of Western Contracting Co., Mr. Angus was working with a crew stripping waste materials above the mine.
Tom Speit, project manager, said Mr. Angus was a mechanic on the electric-powered drill rig which bores multiples holes for blasting charges. He said the drill was on the R prime level, just one above the top level of the mine.
Mr. Angus was born Sept. 18, 1913, in Upalco, Duchesne County, a son of Delbert and Revella Knight Angus.
He was educated in the Bingham Canyon schools and has been a heavy duty mechanic all his adult life. He had been employed by Western Contracting approximately four years.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He married Vonda Stocks in July, 1933 [s/b 26 October 1934], in Heber City. They had two children. They were divorced in 1948. He married Mildred K. Wilding, June 3, 1951, in Salt Lake City.
Survivors include his mother, Draper; two sons and one daughter, Alton Roy, Salt Lake City, James Delbert and Mrs. Leonard (Barbara Kay) McMullen, both of Portland, Ore.; three stepchildren, Sgt. James Wilding, U. S. Marine Corps at Camp Lejuene, N.C.; Linda and Drew Wilding, Salt Lake City; two brothers and three sisters, Arthur Angus, Mineola, N.Y.; Jack Angus, Union; Mrs. Rodney (Ruth) Mahon, Draper; Mrs. James (Mary) Forman and Mrs. LaVell (Beth) Jensen, Salt Lake City, and four grandchildren.
Published 23 September 1961 in The Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
BINGHAM – A heavy duty mechanic died Friday about 10:15 a.m. while working on a drill rig on the rim of the Kennecott Copper Corp. open pit mine.
Alton (Mike) Angus, 48, 2809-300 East, South Salt Lake, was pronounced dead at the scene by a Kennecott doctor. It was not known whether he was electrocuted or died of a heart attack.
An employee of Western of Western Contracting Co., Mr. Angus was working with a crew stripping waste materials above the mine.
Tom Speit, project manager, said Mr. Angus was a mechanic on the electric-powered drill rig which bores multiples holes for blasting charges. He said the drill was on the R prime level, just one above the top level of the mine.
Mr. Angus was born Sept. 18, 1913, in Upalco, Duchesne County, a son of Delbert and Revella Knight Angus.
He was educated in the Bingham Canyon schools and has been a heavy duty mechanic all his adult life. He had been employed by Western Contracting approximately four years.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He married Vonda Stocks in July, 1933 [s/b 26 October 1934], in Heber City. They had two children. They were divorced in 1948. He married Mildred K. Wilding, June 3, 1951, in Salt Lake City.
Survivors include his mother, Draper; two sons and one daughter, Alton Roy, Salt Lake City, James Delbert and Mrs. Leonard (Barbara Kay) McMullen, both of Portland, Ore.; three stepchildren, Sgt. James Wilding, U. S. Marine Corps at Camp Lejuene, N.C.; Linda and Drew Wilding, Salt Lake City; two brothers and three sisters, Arthur Angus, Mineola, N.Y.; Jack Angus, Union; Mrs. Rodney (Ruth) Mahon, Draper; Mrs. James (Mary) Forman and Mrs. LaVell (Beth) Jensen, Salt Lake City, and four grandchildren.
Published 23 September 1961 in The Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
Rig Mechanic Collapses, Dies at Kennecott Mine
BINGHAM – A heavy duty mechanic died Friday about 10:15 a.m. while working on a drill rig on the rim of the Kennecott Copper Corp. open pit mine.
Alton (Mike) Angus, 48, 2809-300 East, South Salt Lake, was pronounced dead at the scene by a Kennecott doctor. It was not known whether he was electrocuted or died of a heart attack.
An employee of Western of Western Contracting Co., Mr. Angus was working with a crew stripping waste materials above the mine.
Tom Speit, project manager, said Mr. Angus was a mechanic on the electric-powered drill rig which bores multiples holes for blasting charges. He said the drill was on the R prime level, just one above the top level of the mine.
Mr. Angus was born Sept. 18, 1913, in Upalco, Duchesne County, a son of Delbert and Revella Knight Angus.
He was educated in the Bingham Canyon schools and has been a heavy duty mechanic all his adult life. He had been employed by Western Contracting approximately four years.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He married Vonda Stocks in July, 1933 [s/b 26 October 1934], in Heber City. They had two children. They were divorced in 1948. He married Mildred K. Wilding, June 3, 1951, in Salt Lake City.
Survivors include his mother, Draper; two sons and one daughter, Alton Roy, Salt Lake City, James Delbert and Mrs. Leonard (Barbara Kay) McMullen, both of Portland, Ore.; three stepchildren, Sgt. James Wilding, U. S. Marine Corps at Camp Lejuene, N.C.; Linda and Drew Wilding, Salt Lake City; two brothers and three sisters, Arthur Angus, Mineola, N.Y.; Jack Angus, Union; Mrs. Rodney (Ruth) Mahon, Draper; Mrs. James (Mary) Forman and Mrs. LaVell (Beth) Jensen, Salt Lake City, and four grandchildren.
Published 23 September 1961 in The Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
BINGHAM – A heavy duty mechanic died Friday about 10:15 a.m. while working on a drill rig on the rim of the Kennecott Copper Corp. open pit mine.
Alton (Mike) Angus, 48, 2809-300 East, South Salt Lake, was pronounced dead at the scene by a Kennecott doctor. It was not known whether he was electrocuted or died of a heart attack.
An employee of Western of Western Contracting Co., Mr. Angus was working with a crew stripping waste materials above the mine.
Tom Speit, project manager, said Mr. Angus was a mechanic on the electric-powered drill rig which bores multiples holes for blasting charges. He said the drill was on the R prime level, just one above the top level of the mine.
Mr. Angus was born Sept. 18, 1913, in Upalco, Duchesne County, a son of Delbert and Revella Knight Angus.
He was educated in the Bingham Canyon schools and has been a heavy duty mechanic all his adult life. He had been employed by Western Contracting approximately four years.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He married Vonda Stocks in July, 1933 [s/b 26 October 1934], in Heber City. They had two children. They were divorced in 1948. He married Mildred K. Wilding, June 3, 1951, in Salt Lake City.
Survivors include his mother, Draper; two sons and one daughter, Alton Roy, Salt Lake City, James Delbert and Mrs. Leonard (Barbara Kay) McMullen, both of Portland, Ore.; three stepchildren, Sgt. James Wilding, U. S. Marine Corps at Camp Lejuene, N.C.; Linda and Drew Wilding, Salt Lake City; two brothers and three sisters, Arthur Angus, Mineola, N.Y.; Jack Angus, Union; Mrs. Rodney (Ruth) Mahon, Draper; Mrs. James (Mary) Forman and Mrs. LaVell (Beth) Jensen, Salt Lake City, and four grandchildren.
Published 23 September 1961 in The Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
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