Show SILAS W WEST silas wright west of salt lake city so well known in mining and industrial circles in this intermountain region answered the last call on september 30 and has solved the mystery of life and death ever since 1874 mr air west has been a resident of utah making his home in salt lake city and during these forty four years he has seen the gradual growth of the city from a little country village to a metropolis of commanding importance and he was instrumental in assisting in this growth ant and progress for he was public skirted and enterprising ter to a marked degree mr west was born in keytesville mis Z silas wright west in the year 1847 coming to this country when in the full vigor of young manhood in 1879 he married miss marie alarie A haight of st george ever since his adoption of utah as his future home he has been identified with the mining t industry and has been prominent in the development of the mineral resources of the west and monuments to his untiring efforts in this field of endeavor are to be found in the canyons and mountainsides covering a wide wl de stretch of territory he was also heavily interested in industrial pursuits and was uniformly successful in all of his undertakings der takings modest and unassuming mr air W west est was nevertheless greatly beloved and respected by all who had the good fortune to know kno w him his character was irreproachable and his integrity and honesty his genial nature and high regard for his friends endeared him to all who had business or social relations with him and his death will be grea greatly aly mourned by all who knew him he is survived by his wife and seven children to whom the mining review extends words of sympathy and condolence |