| Show PIONEEE MINER DEAD Ei Smith Prominent Figure in Colorado Gone Denver Colo Nov 2B J Smith known among the mining men of the State as Bi Smith a prominent figure In the mining history of Colorado from Its beginning to the present day died at St Lukes hospital as the result of an operation opera-tion tionMr Mr Smith came to Denver last Saturday from Central City where he has been orklng the Belden mine In Chase gulch On Sunday he became Ill from an old complaint and an operation was deemed ueccsHury Being nearly 70 years old he failed to recover from the shocks of the uperallon nnd his friends have known for the past Cow days that his condition was hODPlcH9 Mr Smith had never married nail although al-though it Is thought that he has a nephew ne-phew llvlujr somewhere in the State his address Is not known No arrangemunts have been made for tho funeral 1 BI Smith was one of the pioneer mining min-ing men of the State He came to Colorado Colo-rado more tha II thirty years ago and wan a central figure In the gold cltement In the San Juan country and was at onetime one-time heavily interested there For tho haul twenty years he hats been Intel etoll In different ramps of the State but moro especially at Central I City I where he hud most of his property He was associated with Samuel Newhonsc and others In de ovloplnsr much of the district and It la understood leaves considerable property It has long been his oustora to spend his Sundays In Denver coming down from Central City on Saturday and relurnlnir Mondar Ho wan a member of the Denver Athletic Ath-letic climb and usually could be found thereon there-on Sunday n afternoons recounting tales of tim early days of Colorado to a group of Interested listener His stories were remarkable for the fact that ho rarely I mentioned himself In connection with them and In fact people who have lcmiotcn him In Colorado for years know little or I nothing about his family history I |
