Show Diversified Interests Help Mining Engineer Succeed In itt the tho Sunday Salt Lake Tribune said The subject of or this sketch has demonstrated demon demon- demonstrated demonstrated that any American can better himself obtain an education and nd do still stUl better for his ide Children Ildren If U the will will- to-do to exists J. J J William Stoner was born on a farm farmin farmIn in itt Pottawattamie county Iowa July 7 7 1887 the tho second of or 10 children of or George D. D Stoner and Susan Mapes Stoner who were engaged in farming When their I son Bon J. J William was two years old they moved into southwestern Nebraska The drouth of or 1895 1893 and grasshoppers drove them out of or Nebraska and in 1896 1898 they went to Lead Lend South Dakota where tho father obtained employment In the famous mine George D. D Stoner worked in the Homestake mine for more than 35 years and was retired under the Homestake company's retire retire- retirement retirement retirement ment plan at the age of 70 Both the Homestake plan and its veterans are arc famous Works In Mines J. J William Stoner attended common and high schools at Lead worked vocations vaca- vaca vacations vacations I and rind for two summers whipping screens In the stamp mill When 18 18 possessed of 65 and consider consider- considerable I able ablo faith he entered tho the South Dakota I School of or Mines at Rapid City After two years he ho was forced to leave college to earn funds with which to complete his mining course He lie returned to college In 1908 and after aner being grad grad- graduated graduated graduated in 1910 went to work in the cyanide plant of the Homestake Mining Co At that time D D. J. J Clark was chief metallurgist at the Homestake After seven weeks in the cyanide plant Stoner went to Maiden Malden Mont as assayer b and d chemist at the Cumberland Gold Mining Co of or which James B. B Breen Dreen of Butte Butto was president and principal own own- owner owner er er and of which Edwin B. B Coolidge a a. graduate of the South Dakota School of or Mines was general superintendent Atthe At Atthe Atthe the end of a year the mine closed and Stoner now married after several weeks of searching throughout the Rocky mountain west for suitable Industry returned to Lead After rustling the Homestake for several weeks without result he entered I the employ of the municipal adminis adminis- administration 1 administration of ot tho the city of Lead On May 1 1 I 1912 he was appointed city auditor and clerk of the municipal court under the new commission form of government I IHo Ho was transferred to the engineering department January 1 I 1915 1015 serving for I 18 months as assistant city engineer and assessor then as chief engineer for the city It was during his Connection with the municipal government of Lead that ho studied law and became an expert abstractor of titles both of which were to servo serve him In good stead In the years to come Turns Back ack to Mining Late In 1918 1018 feeling that he had gone as far as possible po In municipal work Stoner decided to return to mining On October October 1 1 1918 he became chief en en- engineer engineer engineer for the Judge Mining Smelting Co Cok Park City of or which Oscar Oscur N. N Friend Friendly ly was then general superintendent In August of or 1925 1025 at the time of or the con con- consolidation consolidation consolidation of or the Park City properties Into the tho Park Utah Consolidated Mines Co Stoner became chief engineer and geologist for the consolidated group In February 1928 he ho was made superintendent superintendent superintendent of the Ontario unit of the company I In June 1931 there came the promotion pro pro- promotion promotion motion to secretary of or the company and its associated companies at Salt Lake until September 1935 1035 Following the death of or George W. W Lambourne Stoner I was appointed treasurer secretary-treasurer of or the associated companies the position he lie I occupies today Since coming to the Salt S lt Lake office his legal and abstracting training obtained at Lead has been In Invaluable In- In Invaluable invaluable valuable in connection with the cor cor- correlation correlation correlation relation of the tho company's many prop prop- J. J William Stoner always has been Interested in itt politics and civic affairs has served in Park City for eight years on the tho school board in the Park City chamber of commerce and Kiwanis I club He is a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers In Masonry he has served as grand master of the grand lodge F I A M of Utah and is a degree honorary hon hen honorary member of the Scottish Rite Ma Ma- sons Stoner married Louise D. D Marceau at Deadwood S. S D D. on July 16 16 1910 They have havo reared five rIve children The eldest William T. T Marceau who was 2 2 years old at the time of or his mothers mother's marriage to Stoner is a graduate of the Cornish School of or Arts at Seattle He writes plays for Zurich Insurance Co of New NewYork NewYork York and follows his profession of act- act actIng actIng Ing on the tho side playing special charac charac- character character character ter parts He Is appearing currently In Searching Wind on tour In eastern and midwestern cities before returning to Boston He is 35 J. J William Stoner Jr 33 33 attended the University of or Utah for two years is now selling for the Paris Beauty Supply Co of Salt SnIt Lake Lako City was kept out of the armed forces by a childhood injury The third boy Dr Vernon Howard Stoner 29 20 graduate of Still college Des Moines is now an intern at the Lamb Memorial hospital Denver The elder daughter Beverly Louise Stoner 27 graduate of ot the tho University of or Utah In 1938 is the tho wife of Larry E. E Moser of the Beach Air- Air AirCraft Aircraft AirCraft Craft Corporation Wichita Kan Donna DonnaLee DonnaLee Lee the younger daughter 17 will be graduated from East t high school this year Obviously J. J William Stoner has been and Is a family man with his wife more moro Interested In the welfare of their children than all else That Interest has paid human dividends Deadly serious In appearance mention of or the children never falls to crack J. J William Stoners Stoner's revealing smile of kindness and sense of or humor |