Show DEATH OF JOHN CROCKER john G crocker the veteran miner has passed over the biyer and into the great beyond in the mining camps of the west in almost every canyon and mountain side remembrances of him are to be found pioche knew him well during its boom days and he be figured extensively iut ie the comstock excitement while a few years ago he was a familiar figure in nearly every district in in utah A man of fine intellectual attainments avd and fine physique he would have beam an influential factor in any community in in which he be resided but for his one great infirmity his love for strong drink which for nearly a score of years rendered him an object of charity and of pity mr crocker came from an aristocratic newyork new york family and at onetime one time was reputed to be worth he was a millwright by profession and a skilful workman monuments to his ability in this line being in evidence in some of the older mining camps of the west although with his iron constitution he was able to wrestle with his enemy for many years lie he was overcome at last and met his end in the poor house at the age of 75 and his remains would have found interment in the potters field had it not been for the kindness of col J F woodman and W W chisholm of this city who gave him burial at mt olivet the funeral taking place on monday of last week |