Show COL COL E E. E A. A WALL NALL WRITS I FINIS 1 TO LONG CARER CAREER Continued Prom Page 1 1 Utah coming here In 1868 and remainIng remainIng remainIng remain- remain Ing for fourteen years Colonel Wall Wal all engineered the th off cutoff cut or from Fort Wyo to Montana Montan which shortened the well known route I Iby by several days It I W was at this time that he was wa wa given tho the appellation of or colonel b by his associates Then Ten for five years ho he was chief stockholder and superintendent of or the Wood River flyer Gold Silver Siver Mining company company an Important enterprise at ulion Bullion Ida Ida whore where ho won the tho re regard regard regard re- re gard of or his hla fellow citizens so o as to be elected to the upp upper r house of ot th the territorial territorial ter ter- l legislature and become president president president dent of that bod body In 1885 he re returned returned returned re- re turned to Utah engaging In mining at Mercur and anti elsewhere Country Countr Attracts Him Probably the most romantic of the achievements of Colonel Walt Wall Wl was the Utah Copper mine It I dates back to July July 1887 while Cl Colonel nel Wall Wal was on ona ona a 3 visit to Binsham Sing He was wa attracted d dby by the appearance of the tho te country that thatIs thatIs thatIs Is now owned b by the Utah Copper corn com pany Tho The great geat mass of low grade com I c copper In which were black specks of ot and attracted Colone Colonel Colonel Col Col- one onel Wall Wall From old abandoned tunnels ho he got assays of ot 24 per cent copper and numerous that showed that a concentrate from 30 to 40 per perCent percent percent cent could be produced ced This led to hl hI his location locton of two claims giving him GOO feet by feet fee along alone the oro ore bod body Through the sale of oC his Bri Dr Brickyard kard mine at Mercur for and the Yampa Tampa for Colonel Wall Wal re received re- re a small smal fortune an 1 ald he spent considerable of or this in rounding out his property Through association In Inthe Inthe the tho Brickyard Colonel Wall Wal had had become become become be be- come acquainted with wih Capt Capt Joseph Joseph R. R R Do De La L Mar In 1895 Captain Do LaMar La LaMar L Mar MOr secured an option opton on a three three- thre- thre quarter Interest In the thc property for but did not exercise It 6 T It T tO ec taU years car m in io ie 0 o u zar n vi I obtained ob an option opton on a quarter Interest Interest Interest Inter Inter- est for and a second quarter for tor It I was wa then that Rob Robert rt C C. C Gemmill Gemmi and D. D C C. C Jackling then on Captain DC De lie L L Mars Mar's sta staff made an un ex examination ox- ox I of ot the property After so- so curing an option opton for a n third quarter In Inthe Inthe Inthe the property for De La 1 Mar spent in experimental work worl After this De La 1 Mar spent for tor fora tora a quarter Interest and dropped thu tho work It I Ivas was vas ju jut Just t before Christmas In 1982 1902 that D C C. Jackling suc succeeded In lit get get- getting ting the present officials of or th the Utah Ulah I Copper company Interested In the prof pro- pro f T 7 V T. Colonel Wall Wal sold d a hal half hali i interest t t tI I in ih tho property property to Charles M M. MacNeill MacNei Spencer Penrose I and his brother R. R I A A. R It R Penrose for or have received which he Is said sid to r 1 and anti a 20 per cent interest In the stock and bonds of or tho the now company The Dc De La Lo Mar Interest was wn bought for Colonel Wall Wal started Injunction proceedings proceedings proceeding pro pro- against the Utah Uth Copper company company com com- pany In Now New Jersey In 1906 1306 when it i iwa was proposed to Increase the capital stock wa to and to Issue Isse worth of convertible bonds with cent of the stock the disposal of or 51 per to the tho American Smelting Refining restraining order company Although a was Issued In tn tho the case ce this opposition was vas later withdrawn and control of the mine then went to the Guggenheim In In- In Took Tok Interest ret In Civic Affair Colonel Wall was wa a member of ot tho the al works of or Salt Lake for board of public Sal resigned ned in January severn several 1 years ears and 1 1006 06 Shortly afterward ho en engaged Sed In Ina InA Ina a spirited Shorty conflict with the city en engineering engineering engi engi- d- d department regarding the Brigham Brigham Brig Brig- ham street now South Temple grade hom lines and paving His home homo at D street was waa completely re remodelled remodeled remodelled re- re and South Temple modelled at nt heavy expense that year yer modeled that the Civic period at that It was vas Improvement I league of which Colonel vice president was organ organ- Wall Val was On March 7 1879 1873 ho lie hon was n married maried to toa toa toa a Salt Sal t Lake girl Miss Mary Mar Francis Mayer in this city The union was wasi children of oC whom the nine blessed with i wih Mrs Irs Lewis A A. A Jeffs following sur l survive Mrs AIrs Irs Clarence D. D Lan Lang Miss Alice Miss ls Olive and Mist Miss Enid Eni I I Wall continued his Interest Colonel l i n al 1 e. e snit 1 Lake u financial at- at i I 1 u unit LI t i. i in mining i Ho lie Hovas fairs up to the time of his death le connected with sith a number num nuni- was v officially of or the larger companies personally person person- her ber larser largo large business affairs aU all ally handling until within a few tew lays days las la's ago ngo Was AVan a Man of Gr t of oC great reat a man Wall was Colonel Wal natural student Ho was a ability kept and enterprising and progressive e In all the essentials essentials essentials essen essen- abreast of or thc thc 01 He lie metallurgy of or mining and le mind and d was In his had nn an inventive invent e when confronted with complex corn com COI- COI clement element He lie delighted in solving solving soh problems hed plex perplexities of or mine ing the puzzling inS mental processes and mill mil b by his own In tn these he was cr very erY successful and time reader up to the tho great rent Ho lIe was a n his sight began to fall fail fall and afterward absorbed information as a sponge absorbs he water He lie had n afine Cne literary and did write ex exhaustive ex- ex ab ability and could coul 1 I of or articles for a number years mining ma magazine published by In Sn a Though h his natural natural natural nat nat- In this city hou himself inclined to tho the mining minim In Industry industry in- in ural bent and also thoughtful he wrote a diversity ot or readable essays upon I Ho lie was exceedingly generous gener subjects with his 10 great wealth yet mo ent entIn Otis ous 8 0 his benefactions In the manner of ot I spectacular display and pre pre- I avoiding He lie had hadI by hy stealth hal halI I ferring to do good oo In whom he trusted friends I legions of or a areat hl hi loss as will mourn an and who wil counsellor and nd consistent I great reat wise In the mediator He was aggressive a assertion of his lights and fought 1 lawsuits for or the maintenance many as ns principles aswell as ns aswell I he regarded ot or what of oC property for the recovery recover reCover well IU as He was of or the most genial Interests Interest of r characteristic western vestern personality open hearted and brne brave yet et pattern condemnation of or every form torm strong stron In method J in business busi doubtful deceit or of ot an Im Implacable Int- Int all such he ho was 1 10 and to ness nes nel nt I enemy |