30 years ago – October 28, 1983
County road employee Scott Cline was injured Wednesday morning when he was forced to put a county dump truck in the ditch on Smith Hill Road. The truck went off the left side of the road, through the underbrush, flipping over at least once, and ending up upside down. The front axle was ripped completely off and the right side rear axle broke at the housing. Cline, apparently thrown from the truck, was found conscious about 40 feet past the main body of the wreckage. He suffered a broken right forearm and possible internal injuries. Commissioner Jerry Ward believes the truck to be a total loss, and is waiting to hear from the county’s insurance company about compensation.
Two 60 foot beams were removed from the back wall of the Opera House early this month in preparation for a more permanent stabilization of the rock wall which had shown some cracking and movement in the late 1970s. Gilpin County Construction has the contract and will erect five concrete pilasters the height of the wall. Steel rods anchored by steel plates on the inside will cinch up the wall to the pilasters. The cost of the project has been estimated at $23,000, with some of the work being donated by Gilpin County Construction. The project is expected to be completed within a few weeks.
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