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Drowned miner described as “ambitious, promising”
Julius Younge, 31, the miner who lost his life on October 29, last, in a mining pit, at Takutu Backdam, in the mining district sited approximately two hours from Itaballi, was described by his elder brother, Gary, as an ambitious and promising miner.
Julius Younge lost his life when he apparently lost his balance and ended up in a pit some 40 feet deep.
Gary Younge explained that his family was alerted about Julius’s disappearance and later his death by co-workers, on October 30, after a search unearthed the body in the mining pit.
Dead: Julius Younge
He said that his youngest brother, who worked as both a Miner and a mechanic, at Takutu Backdam, was reportedly bathing at the edge of the pit as he usually would. Julius’s co-workers passed him bathing at the spot. They were alerted to the man’s disappearance after they discovered one of his slippers floating in the area where he was last seen.
Julius Younge’s gun was recovered at the edge of the pit where he had placed it.
Another brother, who also has mining operations at Takutu Backdam, swiftly mobilized a team of Julius’s fellow co-workers and carried out a search by way of diving in the water-filled location, and eventually the body was discovered.
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