Show WATSON M NESBIT ANSWERS SUMMONS ATSON M NESBIT ia is dead W WATSON another name is stricken from the ever lessening roll of 0 the pioneers of not only the tintic gintic dis brict but the entire est being of sturdy constitution he continued to be active in hia his accustomed pursuits till long past the age at which aich men ordinarily drop out of 0 the ranks of the workers his ills death is a distinct blow to the community and the sym pamily of hundreds of friends goes out to the members of the family mr nesbit was born in lancashire england seventy years ago ygo coming to america with his parents early in life T the he fam family I 1 y settled 8 e t led in illinois and at 12 years y ears of age e he was an orphan at 16 he molcey moved to missouri and a year later entered anted the employ of one of the big firms engaged in freighting across the plains at 19 he was a and made fre quent trips magbe between artmas w ear S st joe and helena havin having charge age of as many ds as eighty wagons beach teach being drawn by six yoke of offa for ten years he followed this and later se cured a contract and assisted in the construe construction tio of 1 the he un on pacific railroad upon t the completion of this work mr nesbit located on a ranch near evanston Ev aniton wyoming re main ng thera there guptil until the winter of 18 0 1871 when he came to tintic gintic he ile was the first mining superintend ent of 0 the tintic gintic district taking chargee charge af e the eureka pro erta ert and sinking the first shaft to a depth of feet in 1874 mr nes bit went to bingham where he m was as placed in charge of a mining proper ty later he followed mining at alta and cottonwood canyon and in the spring of 1879 joined the rush to the silver reef district spending ten beabra of his life in that camp be re turn ng to tintic gintic in june 1889 he took ook charge of the mammoth in ne tie and has remained here practically ev er since holding many positions of responsibility and trust watson M nesbit was of the hardy rugged type his ills was an eventful life and like that of other p onders it was filled with hardships the way was not al at an easy one but by his own efforts he surmount ed all obstacles the deceased leaves a wife and three small ch idren also three ch cb id ren by a former marriage the grown children are watson nesbit jr and W P nesbit of E ireka treks a and nd mrs madge nesbit smoot of idaho falls idaho the funeral services will be con ducted from the elks pavil on on sunday afternoon under the direct on of the local lilge of masons the burial to take place in the city cewe tery |