| Show old time partite called the lew few surviving old timers of park city together with the many park city friends ot of mr air joe E gallgher galigher were pained to hear of his sudden death in salt lake tuesday while mr Cali galigher gher has not been identified with park city only in a business sy ay for or many many years past the gentleman was exceedingly popular and held in high esteem in the early days of our city when in charge of the great ontario property and the news ol of his death caused sincere regret in the account of mr Gall Gali ghers passing on wednesdays salt lake tribune says joseph E gallgher galigher 78 76 president ot of the gallgher galigher company salt lake machinery concern and former mining man I 1 died suddenly tuesday at p in while playing golf at the salt lake country club in company with three friends S A kennedy sol hart arid and leon sweet mr air gallgher was approaching the third hole bole ot of the goll golf course when he suddenly collapsed I 1 mr sweets automobile was called I 1 I 1 for and the prostrate man was taken to the clubhouse he was dead when taken from the car his companions said mr gallgher galigher appeared to be in his usual good health when he started out for a round of golf at 2 his death Is believed to have hate been caused by aheart a heart attack leases mine at start mr gallgher was born on july 3 1855 in zanesville ohio the son of william and belinda thompson galigher he went to a military academy and later attended rensselaer Bene selaer polytechnic institute at troy N X Y soon after leaving school he started west seeking his fortune la in the rapidly developing mining industry he reached utah in the early seventies and with his brother william Cau gallgher gher i a noted mining engineer and geologist took a lease on EL a mine at bingham soon afterwards he went t to bpark park city where he became mine superintendent ot of the ontario mining company under robert C chambers the great development which was to make park city one ot of the bests most I 1 famous mining towns was then lust just beginning and mr gallgher galigher formed a ille ong long friendship with some of the men who later made mining history one of early group ile he worked at the ontario mine with the late united states senator thomas 1 kearns and david keith who some time later struck out tor for themselves and developed v the property which became the silver X king ing coalition mines company the late ezra thompson was another of the colorful figures whom he numbered among his friends mr gallgher galigher was one ot of the last of the park city pioneers ten years after going to park city mr air gallgher came to salt lake and was name named d assistant ssi stant manager s and nd later ater manager of the old george M scott hardware company he remained there until 1901 when with arthur J lowe he organized the utah mining machinery and supply company mr lowe who Is now city purchasing agent was associated with him for twenty six years |
