Manti Messenger | 1912-01-19 | Page 2 | Comstock Pioneer Dies

COMSTOCK PIONEER DIES thomae thomas H rooney picturesque fla fig ure of bonanza day days san francisco Thor thomas 11 II roon ey one of 0 tho the most picturesque fig ag urea ures of the old bonanza days and brother of the late mrs james G fair died here wednesday of trouble rooney was one of the few ew survivors of the romantic comstock day days lie became prominent in the mining orld h b superintendent of several famous mines lie was born in new york in 1848 and came to the pacific coast with b be t parents when a child