The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-10-27
Mr.. WASHBURN'S FUNERAL.
Body Was Brought to Morristown-Tri-
butte TO Deceased.

butte to Deceased.
The many friends of the late Thur
low Washburn, whose funeral services
were held this afternoon in the
First Presbyterian Church, will be
interested in reading the following
appreciative notice written for the
Engineering and Mining Journal by
Arthur Winslow, general manager of
the Liberty Bell Gold Mining Com
pany, Of which Mr.. Washburn was
Assistant Superintendent.
"Mr. Washburn died a victim Of
the recent severe snow storm in the
Rocky Mountains On Thursday
morning, October 18th, he sarted on
horseback from Telluride to inspect
certain work being done for the COM
pany on the high mountain range.
1a nies W at the fs stnrtgd b t@f
nothing serious, aE.arment, eyrly visit
was of considerableI0 cents. after
discussing the mattlFleeced Shir. Mer
Ger, the superintend garment decided to
go ahead as far as I'd on horse
back, then turn thades Use loose and
proceed on foot. Tfrawerse came back
about noon of tM1 Same day. The
storm increased ina lolence and con-
tinued until Sun%iy night, but no
anxiety was felt because it was sup
posed that Washburn had reached
the cabin and was waiting there I'M
til the storm let up. On Monday, Mr.
Mercer was preparing to go over the
range when two of the men arrived
from the camp and reported that they
had seen nothing of Mr.. Washburn.
| Parties were Immediately sent into
| the different basins and search was
continued interruptedly, but not until
Wednesday was the body found, a
short distance beyond the Virginius
pass. 1t appears that he must have
been well started down from the pass
towards the camp and cabin, almost |
within shouting distance, when slide
struck him and threw him headfore-
most. He was found with about five
feet of snow over him and two feet
under him. Probably death came
quickly as there were no signs of his
having struggled or suffered.
Mr.. Washburn was about thirty
years of age and was a graduate of
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, of the class of 1897 Previous
to entering the Institute, he had spent
d uuulUGI Vi 6dIS Ill UllS WSoO, Dl lllCl-
pally in ranching in New Mexico, and
he had also been occupied in railroad
work. Comparatively late he decided
to adopt mining engineering as a pro-
fession. His first work for us was in
the employ of the United States and
British Columbia Mining Company,
in New Mexico, where he conducted
an examination of certain properties
in the Black Range, in the autumn of
1898. From there he was transferred
to Telluride and first occupied the po
sition of assayer of the Liberty Bell
Gold mine. In the spring of 1899 he
was advanced to the position of assis-
tant superintendent which he filled
until his death.
Mr.. Washburn's work for our COM
panies was in all respects most salts
factory and gave every promise OF
rapid advance in his late chosen pro-
fession. He was most thorough, con-
scientious and untiring in the perfor-
nance of his duties. There was no
task so arduous or disagreeable that
he would shrink from it, and, withal,
his was a cheerful and sociable nature,
that of good companion and loyal |
friend The earlier years of his life,
as he quite recently related to me,
had been years of strife with the OBJ
stacles and reverses of western life,
through which he had born himself
manfully and without complaint. Now
that he seemed we'll started ON the
road to accomplishment and success,
he was stricken down. He died as he
had lived, fearlessly striving to do
his duty regardless of consequences.
One can imagine him breasting the
terrible blizzard ON those lone noun
tain heights; winning his way ardu
ously step by step, up the steep slope
to the pass, through the deepening
snow and against the binding,
biting blast; resting in the shelter of
the notch of the summit with relief
that the hard task was over and the
goal already in sight; starting re-
freshed down the slope on the home
stretch. Very likely his passage
through the newly fallen snow loosen
ed its hold and started the slide on
have been little or no warning, a first |
slight movement, followed by the |
rush and roar of the overwhelming |
mass, hurting stunning blow, fol-
lowed by quiet and rest; immovably |
held yet softly pillowed in the great, |
white mountain bed, he slept the sleep
from which there is no awakening"
The funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. DR.. Erdman, and the
Rev. Charles H. Eaton of New York.
The remains were accompanied from
the west by Edward H. Willis, rela-
tive The bearers were George Burn
ham, Portland, Me. Worthington
Palmer, 0. @. Herring, Gardner Alb
bolt and Mr. Copeland, of New York,
former classmates of the deceased at
the school of Technology at Boston
and member of the D. K. E. of that
school; Lewis Adams and R. H. j.
Swartwout, of Morristown.
Interment will be made in the
family burial ground Norland, South
Livermore, Maine.
i HAD MONEY TO BURN.