Show PROMINENT ENGINEER CALLED BY DEATH hubbard W reed prominent and most well and favorably known for many years in western minin mining and industrial circles died at the home of his daughter mrs robert J glendinning GIen dinning on january following a sudden illness at the age of 72 years having been born in new york city december 31 1849 hubbard AV reed was the original owner of the famous camp bird mine at ouray colorado while that property was still a prospect he sold out to thomas J walsh for the latter made a huge fortune when the property was finally sold to the camp bird english syndicate for soon after his graduation from dartmouth college mr reed entered upon his engineering career and followed his profession for a number of years in in the dakotas he was one of the engineers in charge of construction of the y 4 tl hubbard W reed need northern pacific railroad following 6 that he went into mexico and later returned to settle in colorado for thirty years he was mana manager b er of the revenue tunnel prop erty ty and it was while th thus us engaged that he became the owner of the camp bird property in the early nineties mr reed came caine to utah where he again took up mining he was one of the promoters of th e daly west mining company he became heavily in interested te rested in the mines of mercur tintic gintic and other camps and d was uniformly successful about two years ago he became identified with the utah fire clay manufacturing company and at the time of cri his and general mam agder death he was vice president manager g of that company and lie he was largely ir instrumental in build 19 g up the business of that company to the enviable p asi tian on it now holds in the field of western manufacturing en Oer prise A multitude of friends and business associates ourn his untimely and sudden demise |