The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-12

mind: Mr.. Chambers left here a week
ago last saturday, and told me ne
would be gone ten days. 1 told him
that l would bet him a hat that he
would not be back in ten days; he
laughed, but did not take me up That
was the last time 1 saw him. l was
anxious to know when ne would be home
because there was some business that
we wanted closed up, and he said that
he would attend TO it Just as soon as
he got back.
Know him we'll? Well, if 1 did not
know him well there was no one in
this world who did know him. We came
q Utah at the same time, although not
toSether and ever since then we have
Deen as intimate as brothers He had
his faults, as we all have, but his faults
were of a kind that never did any one
else any harm-they only harmed him
self. He was big-hearted, generous and
loyal always, and under all circum-
stances to his friends and employees.
4 did not know Mr.. Chambers in Cal
ifornia. but / knew of him, and never
heard word that was not good. 1 got
here about two months after he got
here and Immediately associated with
him, and that aSSOcia ton has continued
till this day. His history in this state
is well known, and there is not a min
ing man in the state who does not know
r. c. Chambers.
He was lways a good friend Of
~
and was associated with the Cali
fornia millionaire in all his early VEN
lures in Utah. No man could have been
more loyal to an associate In 1872,
when Hearst got the bond on the On
taTiO, he put Mr.. Chambers in charge
Of the property, and he continued in
charge Of it tili the time of his death.
1t can be truly said of him that he died
with the harness on. Mr.. Chamb ers
was interested at different times in
A ~ffaSr1 a
MarysVale, Bingham and a number of
other places in the state. 1 became as
ISOLATED with him in the fall of 1870,
and have been with him ever since,
looking after his interests and having
charge of his business outside of the
Ontario mine. He was a man of very
even temperament never showing a
particle of trouble or worry. l knew
him so well that 1 could tell when he
was worried, although other people
could not. I remember when the big
drop IN the price of silver came, he
called the men at the mine all up and
laid the situation before them; he told
them that it would be necessary to cut
their wages, but that -. if any of them
could do better he would give them a
month to decide whether to take the
reduction or quit. Very few quit. But
soon after harder trial came when it
was determined to shut down the mine
altogether as the result. OF another
heavy drop in silver. Mr.. Chambers
felt awful at that time. He worked all
the men he could at odd jobs after the
mine was closed. giving preference TO
the men who had families, and when
the force was increased he hunted up
the old boys who had worked for him
so long This incident gives a good
insight to the character of the man. He
was too lenient. He would often permit
himself to be imposed upon, and other
men often took advantage of this to
unload Improbable property upon him.
His greatest fault was in putting things
off, his own business, 1 mean, and I
know that he lost very heavily on more
occasions than one because Of this But
on the whole he was a grand man. and
you cannot say anything too good about
him. I know that there is many a
workingman in Park City who will
have sad heart tonight when he hears
of the death of Z. G. Cham bers.-