Miner. He worked at the Silver King Coalition mine, when he and another miner, L. W. Lasser, ran into deadly poisonous gases, called "white damp" by the local miners, at the 1300 foot level and both men were asphyxiated. Born in Croatia, he immigrated to America in 1909, moving to Park City in 1912. Four years later, he married a local girl, Jennie Lake, and they had five children. His last child, Rachel, had died in January 1923, just a couple of months before his own death. Gasparac was a member of the local lodge of Croatians (a social club), and a member of the local chapter of the Maccabees.
From Stories in Stone: Park City, Utah by Colleen Adair Fliedner.
Miner. He worked at the Silver King Coalition mine, when he and another miner, L. W. Lasser, ran into deadly poisonous gases, called "white damp" by the local miners, at the 1300 foot level and both men were asphyxiated. Born in Croatia, he immigrated to America in 1909, moving to Park City in 1912. Four years later, he married a local girl, Jennie Lake, and they had five children. His last child, Rachel, had died in January 1923, just a couple of months before his own death. Gasparac was a member of the local lodge of Croatians (a social club), and a member of the local chapter of the Maccabees.
From Stories in Stone: Park City, Utah by Colleen Adair Fliedner.
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