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Show MINER AND PIONEER Col. James F. Woodman Called to Rest. DIED IN CHICAGO YESTERDAY Und Been Identified With tho Ml-nlnf- Industry of the Stnto Slnoa 180D nnd Owned Tiopirty Valuo-1 at Half n Million Dollars Anticipated Antici-pated the Development of the Wyoming Wyo-ming Oil Tlelds Thirty-Seven Years Ago Locator of tho Emma Mine HIb Btlef Mnriled Life. (Sunday's Dally ) Hundreds of Halt I-ake people will In-day In-day mourn the death of Col J P. Wood -m in, which m. lined nt Lhl.at.ii es-terdai es-terdai morning He had attained the ripe old age of 75 vears, and as ho had been In loor health for scvei.ll months, th news was not entire!) unexpected The Immediate cause ot his demise was drops A telesram from Col W'oodmin n nephew Harry W.oodnnn, to frlenda hero brought tho first news of tho lmss Ing of the splendid old man, who has Kir " m Col. James F. Woodman. done so much to rilse Utah to Its present pres-ent position an nno ot the llrst mining States nt the Union. IN HALT LAKK 26 Y13A118. Col. Woodman resided utmost continuously continu-ously In frilfl.nko foi twenty-six cais. After tho death of his vvlfo bo continued to occupy Ids residence on Kast He. nnd South street until about thteo jenrs ago, when ho took nuaiters nt the Alta club Last full his health beu.tne so poor that ho went lo Chicago tn try the effect of u lower altltuil and to visit John Craig, ono of his Intlinntc friends In thnt cltj. Hoccntly his condition be. enme so seilous thnt his nephew, Harry Woodman of tho Mrm of Cunnlngton .1 Co, went tn Chicago In Januaiy nnd wrs with him until the end. Desldes the nephew nhovo mention, d, Col Woo.ltn in lenvca n biother ill W In-nlpeg In-nlpeg nnd n number of nrjihewa and nlecea both nt Winnipeg nn.l In tho province of New Ilrunswlck, Canada His estate Is valued at appinxlmatcly half a million dollnis, and consists ul-mnst ul-mnst cxcluslvelv ot mining piopeit) ln Utnh and Nevada. iii:lpi: win Tim wkst. Po Intimately haa his mine been associated as-sociated with tho mining Industi, that no history of lhn material pi ogress of I I tah rould 1 pror rly wntl n w ihout i mentionlnn M nd la also pim .1 n I minor part In tin earlj develoi nn nt of lelir.iiiiht nnd Neva la Hvbli thiol Wnndman wis Pngllsh Ills fath l w is a Inn I. .1 1 1 1 1. 1 ir it 1 Mailljnnugh nheie Jain-. s 'urn In his earls manhood he souahl his for tune In the. N. w Wmllnnd was .aught In the tide of gold ackers that set tn ward Callfoinla tn the Ws One nf the reminiscences of his Hie In il. ilnldtn t-tate that he dellKhtel ti tell was nf the nnw-fnuiniiH a. tt-ess IaMla I uh-trw, uh-trw, whom nn ,i . 'illd he trotted on his kme wlmi b tiding at llw home of her parents KOI HIIT Oil, IN WVOJIIVO Ijil.r on he was allured In the sliver dlseov. les In Nevnda and lussetl sonu time nt Cais.m Cits where he Iwiunv well n.qunlntel with his rutuie partner part-ner Capt. J M Ony Ills tlrei nppeui-ii nppeui-ii nie In Halt laiko was In the spring of lstlo In cimpaii with i apt !a) These men nntt. Ipi.Ud bv thlrl live ears what Is now i. guided as a new dlsenv I ei In Winning for they were going to the southwest, in part of that Htnte tn look for oil '1 he abandonment of thit intention wns Jne to Iheli meeting with U H. ( hlsholm feiliei of W W Chlsholni, who gave them muh an en-thiMlistle en-thiMlistle .1. k. ilptinn ot the mineral pne.ta In the PnhtsniiKnt district of Nevada that thev ht nulled to continue con-tinue theli quest utter the precious mctnla LOCAIOK OK l.M.MV MINI?, lo the l'abianngat dlstiht thy went nnd found It all Unit II bad been Pictured Pic-tured but the dllll.ulty of ttanspnttn-tlnn ttanspnttn-tlnn priiliiilid the profitable operation of Ihe mines und In l6S Wnolman and Day n turn.. I tn Salt Uike It vins in the sain. .nr tint the, located the Moat I mm i siller mine at Mtn which mmle them Ind. peiidenll) wealth) ( nl nndmnii dlspovpd of his tliird Inter est 111 tho property to Wnrien llusse) of Halt IJike In 1ST! and devoted some tlmo to truv.l, going Hist to California, then tn the Hnst nnd finally returning to Cleveluid O. wheie lie was married lo Mlsa rannle Corwln, a descendant nf 'Ihonins Coiwln, the brilliant Ohio Governor Gov-ernor nnd Senator Ha leturned with his bride to this city, but thilr happy man led life was not nf long duration. Mrs W'tiodmun died ln JS7J. leaving no children. Iho Centennial mine, sln.o consolidated consoli-dated with Iho Ktiicku, whs located by Mr. Woodman, In conjoin Hon with W. W. Chlsholni and others In 1STC. but he rotilnod his Interest In the property for only a bliort time. iiijAvr minh iNvrsTon. In Into 5 clua ono of his largest mining vcntiiicH whs III tho Cane Kprlngs group. In which he was tho I irsest stockholder, but he owned moio or less property In nil pirls of tho State Mining Mi-ning vvns J1I3 torte, and ho made no nthir Investments worthy of mention He cared little for politics nnd sought no pintlt or distinction nslda from hlB ihoscn Industry. He was knnwn pei-snnnlly pei-snnnlly nr by icpiitntlon to almost every mining nmii In the West. When the ncwa of his dciUi vvns leielved h) hla nioro lnllniite frl. nils they gathered In ginupa In ills, uss theli loss anil lo lepcat anecdotes llliistintlng the kindly dlspniltloii nnd woith achievements of tho man whom they delighted lo honor |
