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Show Horace Winchell, Noted Geologist, 1$ Dead ' Information wag ralvd fcin today of tha death of Horace V. WncB.l, eminent saining nrlaer and solog-iat, who came in pareonal I contact with Salt Lake a fw years ago during; th lltigatloa la th fedarai courut between tha Utah-Apex Utah-Apex and Utah Coitfkolldatd Mining Min-ing aofupanleA Ha waa oa af the ipert wltnass called to testlTy In thl caaa which was aet tied la favor of tha Utah-Apex company for a judi-msnt In th Mlshhorkood af $1,000,000. Mr. winchell dfed In Loi Aar! last Saturday and his body haa been taken to Minneapolis for burial Mr. Wlrfcheii waa- aaca president of thi American Instltut of Mining; and Metallurgical Kn- Sineor. founder of th seylorlt-al partment of th Aaaconda Mining Min-ing compapy, one of the for moat xpert oa mining; geology and author au-thor af aeveral technical boon of th lubjocwH was born la Ga lea-bur lea-bur g. Mich., la .. Hi was I I graduat of ths rnvrlty of. Mich-I Isan In th claaa of ISSt. H Is! survlv4 by his widow. having aver ha3 any children. I ti haa had many Important posts 1 In th mining world during his career ca-reer and ha distlnruihd himself s an expert wit nee la wany ot th noteabli mining lltigatiocat of i tna IV eat. ' - |