The copper era., 1905-12-14
A GOOD MAN LAID TO REST.

On the fourth of this month there passed from its house of clay to the realm of the great unknown the soul of a grand old man, Robert B. Met calfe. who died in his Kentucky home near Lexington at an advanced olo age of four score years or more. MT.
 Me+ca1fe was born in Kentucky and
 ra,-ed there and was educated at
 West Point, but early in life became
 imbued with a spirit of adventure
 and a desire to explore the mysteries 1
 of the then unknown west, hence in
 1849 he joined the great army of ex-
 plorers and gold seekers that was | pushing westward to the gold fields | of California. In that state he re-
 mained for many years and through l
 his personal popularity and ability |
 many positions of public trust were
 conferred upon him. He was also
 successful in mining and amassed a
 fortune in California which he had
 the misfortune to lose through the
 fortunes of war, having invested his
 all in lands and slaves in the south. l AL tlIC Scill IO elA Lho OA AAA' ASeSA'
 state at the outbreak of the rebel
 lion he joined the Confederate army
 and made a gallant record as
 soldier. At the close of hostilities | between the north and south MT. l Metcalfe settled in Texas as a plant
 conducive to his energies and activity and the call of the west being upon
 him, again he retraced his steps
 hitherward and in this region be- tween the Rio Grande and Colorado,
 he spent many years of busy life
 actively engaged in blazing the way
 for the settlement of this country by
 the present generation and for the
 ones yet to come. He first located
 at Silver City, N. M-ffn 1869, where
 he aided materially in the organiza- : ton, esraoifisnment and settlement of that community. But he loved ) nature and the wilds of the noun tain fastness and was thus led on
 to explore the surrounding country and in this way he first discovered 5 and located the great mines of Cliff ton which have now become famous the world over. The great works f here of the Arizona, Detroit and Shannon Copper companies attest the fact that MT. Metcalfe builded : better than he knew when he built t the first locating monument ever erected in the camp on Longfellow | mountain in 1870. It was he who . gave to the towns of Clifton, Met 7 calf and Globe their present names and in these towns he was the first to
 erect houses therein. Few men have 1 left their impress tor good upon a country more indelibly stamped than : Mr. Metcalfe has his. He, and men !, like him, have erected a mighty em- A pire out of the west, but alas! they 7 are growing fewer and fewer every day, and yet the world can lily af- ford to lose them for their places are hard to fill.
 MT. Metcalfe's name was always a synonym for honor and integrity. He was forceful and strong among '' men and his energies knew Il no bounds. He was always loved, . revered and respected by all classes , and he died as he had lived-without " an enemy.
 In 1876 MT. Metcalfe was married to Miss V. P. Berry, of Kentucky, . and from this union three children were born to bless him in his declin- T. ing years. In 1882 he made a sale of ! his interests in this camp when he y went back to the land of his birth u where he settled upon a farm near 5 Lexington, where he passed his last days. The last two years of his life e he became a great sufferer from
 asthma from which he sought relief Il by moving to California. But in- P stead of finding relief he gradually grew worse, so with a desire to be at :: home and have his children around l him when the end came he returned 5, to Kentucky few months ago.
 ! ! MT. Metcalfe loved his friends and e his family as only men of his intense y nature could and the lat ter idolized
 and worshipped him. They sur
 rounded his bedside when his last : hour came, so his life, to him, ended e in halo of glory. MT. Metcalfe was y an uncle of Baylor and c. M. Shan y non. He also has a brother, "Uncle Il Jim" Metcalfe, who has resided at h Mangus, near the Gila river, in Grant s county, N. M.
 r His friends were legion throughout > the west, as well as the land of his ,, nativity.
 e Peace to his ashes!
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