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Show J. W. Burnham Is Laid at Rest in Salt Lake City SALT LAKE, Oct 9. Funeral soi-v-iees for Tames W". Burnham. vice prrsi-dent prrsi-dent and superintendent of the Southern South-ern Pacific Gold and Copper Min.'ng and Milling compam . ho died at N'orth Ogden two days o. will be held at the residence S esl Fourth North street, this afternoon at 2 1 'clock Interment will be in city cemetery. Mr Burnham was born :n Cane cjun- ty, Illinois. August-3. 1851 He cmne to Utah in 1856. crossing the plains with bis patents, by ox team. The ramjl) located In Bountiful, where bl grew to manhood. In thf- early 70's Mr. Burnham discovered the Queec of the Hills mine in Dry canyon n-ar iphir. Utah, which later proved to be one of Utah's big producers In JS75 Mr Burnham married EiiSS .1 igle of Woods Cross. In ISSJ with his family he moved to Healds hurt;, Gal . where no engaged in the mercantile business until 1890. Re-uirnlng Re-uirnlng to Utah, he engaged in mining, min-ing, which he followed unt'.l his death. Surviving, besides his wife, are the following children: James w Burn-nam, Burn-nam, Jr. of Price, l iah: Mrs r. B. j Luckey of Butte, Mont.; eRry Bi.rn ham, Mrs. Louis Schank ind Mrs. A. R Brazier, all of Salt Lake. |