Show i ANOTHER OF THE OLD GUARD PASSES ON Martin K Harkness Pioneered in Mining Development of the State DIES OF HEART FAILURE COAXED MANY FORTUNES FROM PROM THE HEART OF OP THE HILLS 4 4 Ii i 4 Y t th h ti i J I K H H U Martin K Harkne whose who e life Ufe has hu been intimately connected with the mining development of ot the Tintic and West Vest Mountain districts district died yester yeater yesterday yesterday day morning at from heart failure coming after an Illness covering several months Death came at the the family home West S v nth South street The funeral will wilt be held Thursday afternoon att at 4 from the Ma Masonic Masonic sonic temple and will Wilt be in charge cha e of Argenta lodge No 3 S Burial will be in ML Mt Olivet cemetery Martin K Harkness was wu born in Iii inI I Pelham Mass Ma a on November 14 1881 1831 Ha H first came caine to Salt alt Jt Bake with his hits brother Dr Harvey Harkne In 1849 liU during the rush across the con eon continent continent to California They remained here for about a 8 week and then thea con eon continued continued their march across acro the desert to the Pacific coast Both remained in the gold fields for many years and Dr Harvey died in California several years ear ago It was wag in 1870 however when Martin J K retraced his steps I on tao overland trail and anti returned to Salt Lake Since neo that time Um he has made this his hla hi home though many man years of his life Ufe were spent pent in Park City and other mining camps In this part of the state As Ail mining had been the means of drawing him west so it was the means mean of or making his hi fortune and of holding him in this country He con continued to work as fU a 8 miner but his education in Amherst college was put to practical value for he hi later hater be became became came caine known as a mining engineer of ability In the famous laY law suits of the Sil Silver Silver Silver ver King Ontario Mammoth and Grand Central mines Mr Air Harkness ss was one of the principal engineers who was placed on the stand tand in de do boundary disputes Until Untila a few short abort months month ago he was wu still interested in the mining e and was a familiar figure in the mining exchange and on the streets where brokers and mining men gather It is stated state that he made several everal for fortunes fortunes fortunes tunes during his hi life but that most of them were lost lo t in mining At the time of his death de he had holdings in inmany Inmany inmany many gilt edge companies but leaves leave little except the mining stock stockA A nephew Sumner J Harkness of ot Scofield is 18 the only known relative of Mr Air Harkness except for the wid widow widow widow ow formerly Eleanor Crow of at Wat Calif They were married in Salt Lake after the return of Mr Harkness from the California gold fields where he met her They The had been married for nearly 87 n years oara |