Show SISTER THROWS INTERESTING LIGHT ON CAREER OF NOTED GOLD DISCOVERER I t J 3 t i r f I f 4 s h 4 S f t p i ar J JI I j jp jI p 1 I 1 C CGeorge George Jackson Mrs Jackson Heidle Has Diary of Man for Monument Monument II ment Was Unveiled in Cob Colo Colorado I rado j jAt At Idaho Falls Cub CoIo on em i Pit a there was tva unveiled a monument nt to George Jackson the old prospector who Abo made the he first firt dis ov ery of or gold in the Rock Rocky mountains on the spot where his hi 18 onu nent ment is I now located His find was as made tHy years ago and the unveiling of the marked the golden sary sai sa of the discovery The spot where the gold old was found foundas vas as recently purchased by b Lafayette Hanchett of Salt Lake and presented to the city elt of or Idaho Falls as 8 a It public park pArkin m in n which h to erect the monument Mrs fIrs Jackson Jakson Heidle the only sister Ister if Ir f the old prospector Is lIving in Salt I I Lake at East liast I It Fifth South S uth street Mrs Heidle Heidie has hall the th diary of her broth brother I er r and letters written by b him at the time the gold discovery di covlO was wat made The discovery of oC gold was as made by b Mr Yr Jackson then a R youth of 17 IT on Jan 7 i 1399 1830 the anniversary of his sisters bisters birthday Mr Mrs Heidle Helene last evening toW told the story sto of the discovery as related to her by her brother and as 8 shown shoo by bythe b bythe the entries in his diary diu I My Iy brother had been for pome weeks with a party of prospectors tOIS and trap trappers trappers pers pets roaming through the mountains in search of gold cold and game One of the these was wall Tom Golden an old friend who had none gone on to Colorado with my brother from Missouri In some I man manner mannEr mannor ner nor the members of the party became separated tI and wandered in divers trec directions through the hlll hilts A big bie storm came up which cut my m brother off from his hi companion companions Accompanied d by b his hi two to dogs d he sought for several vend days to find And his friends ills His provisions provision ran low 0 and it was wall biting c cold He feared to build a II afire afire fire for fear f that would attract the at attention attention of oC the hostile Indians I n who IKI would not hesitate to kill kUt Finally he be suffered ao so much mU h from the cold that he was forced to build a lire fire This he did beneath an old tree the tM branches of or which he hf t sed ed for fuel tuel There he camped for three thrE days das On Jan 7 ISM while h he was dressing an antelope he had killed his hta belt bett knife dug up a piece niece of ot ore that attracted his attention He washed asbed it and discovered dil It to be a anu nugget nu t of or gold told goldOn toldOn goldOn On making sure that it was wu really gold goW he be burned bunted down the tree trec in order that th charred trunk would mark the spot and a d agam set out to find his hill corn com companions p He was wan successful this time To Tom Golden he confided COI the story of his hili discovery and showed snowed the nag nug nugget 1 get pet of gold goW They returned to the place p and started a Ii mine which later became the Jack Jak Jackson on n Bar mine The original nugget was Aas set in the rin ring and this ring was worn by b my mother for years and on her death presented by my brother to Judge Jude France of or Denver who bo still wears it George Jackson was wu by heredity and Inclination Inell a venturesome pioneer He was waR born In Missouri where his fa ther titer had been a It pioneer er settler going there In the early earl days daJ from Virginia When 15 years old he went arrows across the plains to California with ith Kit Carson who was a relative of Jacksons moth mother er Two years year later the desire for fur further further ther thor adventures came on en him and he went to Pikes Peak It was on this trip that gold 1 was discovered by b him When the war broke out Jacksons sympathies were weN with the south Muth He formed Conned a company com pan In Colorado and with this company Joined the confederate erate army His bravery ry in battle hetti won on him promotion to a captain After the war he returned to the west wast and In he be was an extensive operator In Bingham canyon His workings working in Carr Fork For several years Y rs during that period otI he lived JIved both in Salt Lake and Bingham Twelve years ears ago while white Mr Jackson was developing some IOme property in south southern southern ern era Utah in the Blue mountains he was summoned to Denver on important business Hf Hr Tet ht Tf t ri i lic for tel Denver Jf nT an i n n a ki tIrig the tl way wa I l i imp DiP M o e r Ing his gun gu vas yua d dis t Mr Lr Jackson Jack Instantly |