Washoe-Esmeralda-Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....MacCandless, S. A. February 13 1920
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Las Vegas Age - 2/21/1920


MEETS DEATH AT OATMAN IN UNITED EASTERN MINE



    S. A. MAC CANDLESS, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. SPRAGUE, was

accidentally killed in the United Eastern mine at Oatman, Arizona, Friday,

February 13.  MAC CANDLESS was well known at Goldfield, Reno and other

places in the northern part of Nevada.  At the outbreak of the war he

enlisted with the California "Grizzlies." serving with his regiment during

the war.  AFter his discharge he accepted a position with the United

Eastern.  He leaves a widow and a little daughter.

    Of the widow, the Reno Gazette says:

    "Everybody who lived in Goldfield during the camp's days of high

prosperity knew and liked Mrs. MAC CANDLESS, who as Sallie SPRAGUE grew up

in the district and was a leader among the younger set.  She is not out of

her teens yet.  The young widow will have the sympathy of all old

Goldfielders in her bereavement."

    The Mohave County Miner (Kingman, Arizona) gives the following account

of the manner in which the young man came to his untimely end:

    "MAC CANDLESS, who was a cage man, was at a station just below the 800

with his working partner when the accident occurred.  They had just sent the

skip in the other compartment to the surface, and the skip in the

compartment where the accident occurred had gone below their level while the

skip on top was unloading, and was started back to pick them up and take

them to the level above, as they had finished loading at that level.  MAC

CANDLESS was looking into the shaft to see if the lip on the loading lift

had been hooked properly and ventured too far, the downcoming car catching

him as it passed that level."











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