| Show TOM g coo K MIER ane plants american flag fla 9 on summit of at mckinley thomas llo llod d bbate coal mint mine inspector under the administration of governor heber at wells adds lustre to utah by being the first f arst white man to reach the top of mt nit me alc kinley to which peak he led a party 1 that placed the american Amp Ame rican flag flagon on the point not reached by the celebrated dr cook that a carbon county man was first tu accomplish chii feat almost equal in bravery to commander peares Pe arys dash to the pole will be a matter of gratification to hib friends thu the A associated press dis patch of lloyds accomplishment sent from seattle wash follows bollok s mail advices from fairbanks alas ka dated datcu 1 april april elate that the american flag placed on the summit of mt alt mckinie Me KinIe on april ad by thomas lloyd and his three companions haj hal been sighted a few days before the john al a trapper who has spent his N hol hole life in the north and who ho has been trapping in the Kusko wim arrived at fairbanks with fui fun and reported that in the he met J E baker a fur buyer who told him that he had seen with the aid of glasses a flag floating from the summit of mt alt mckinley Alc Kinley on two separate occasions mcleod cleod Al who ho is thoroughly familiar with all the approaches pro aches to mt alt mckinley says t that hai the ridge upon which the lloyd ex tion ascended is the only possible route over which aich the summit may be attained lloyd was for many years ears a resident of utah and was appointed coal mine inspector by governor wells at the beginning of his administration in 1896 lloyd was as born in wales and came to chiq country as a young man he lived in calbon county was wai naturalized here and served is as sheriff for several terms lloyd was known knon n as a daring fellow a first cla claib miner and was nas highly recommended for the position of coal mine inspector an example of his daring is shown by the fact that on one occasion he organized a gang of men to follow the celebrated robbers roost gang after paymaster carpenter was held up at castle gate he served as coal mine inspector for about two years and resigned to go to the klondike shortly after the discovery of gold there he ile went nent into that country with the big rush and located several claims but never succeeded in securing much from them returning from the Ki klondike after an absence of about two years lloyd stayed in salt lake city a short time and then went ent to nome and operated in that vicinity for some time on leaving for the klondike he be left his wife ife and three children at zion wo two bos and a girl mrs lloyd lived there for a while hile but has not neen heard from for about five beart u his age is about 55 years |
