State ex rel. Oliver Iron Mining Co. v. District Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of the Oliver Iron Mining Company the supreme court granted its writ of certiorari, directed to the district court for St. Louis county, to review the proceedings in that court, Hughes, J., under the Workmen’s Compensation Act brought by Alorjzi Arko, widow of Vinko Arko, employee, against relator, as employer, for the death of her husband.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
Vinko Arko was employed by the Oliver Iron Mining Company as an underground miner. He worked with another employee, Joe Grum. They would blast and then shovel the loose earth and ore. They used for blasting, dynamite, fuses and dynamite caps. The dynamite was *139kept near by in a box, under lock and key. On the morning of February 29, 1917, the two men were engaged in shoveling ore that had been loosened by a blast. Shortly after they started work, Arko left his work and went to a “cross cut”, a usual thing for that time of the day. In a few minutes an explosion was heard and Arko was about 100…
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