Sept. 24 2009

A miner who was in the shack that blew off the side of a mountain near the border last weekend said the roof of the building was tethered to its base, not to the ground.

“It has been tied better than it was. You have to go directly into the ground,” said Dave Riep, 36, of Haines Junction, Y.T.

Riep, mountain guide Ashley Call of Haines, and Leo Clarkson of Manitoba had…