Show 1 T R JONES T R jones of salt lake widely known throughout the west as miner foundry man and banker died at his residence dence in this city on the ath i ast at the E age of eighty two early in the life mr jones was inter ested in mining in in nevada and for a num aber 1 ber of years was engaged in the foundry business at virginia city being associated i with james P mcallister who is now president ment of the fulton engine works at los li angeles later he engaged in the sawmill 13 and lumber business and furnished ma aerial for the building of the old central pacific railroad coming to salt lake in 1871 mr jones associated with the late S J lynn formed the sierra nevada lumber company and bater later on he went into the banking business under the ille name of T R jones bank for many years also he was manager of the old germaine Ger maina smelter near murray s probably no business man in the west 11 was better known fifteen or twenty years ago than T R jones he had many intimate friends and he was the soul of honor several year he has been on the retired F ii list st arid although getting along in years he loved to visit the haunts of f former ormer activities tivi ties and to review the past with old time lime friends |