The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-05-07
mining Man
POSSIBLY ended LIFE

= John King, aged about 65 years, ne of the eahyday mining men
= in the Gddfeld district, and known to the majority o the mining
= men in the Golifeld and Bullfrog districts, has been missing ron ms
: OOm and customary stopping places since last Saturday mOrnms N"
= there is a grave fear that the old gentlemen mas committed suc"e'
3 King was for som time superintendent of n johnnie mne,
= south of RhyoEte, for AL d. Myers, but last fall left the position anu
. came TO Goldfeld on a vacation,a ana to try and pull through a mining
deal of his W The deal did not materiaize, IND fr som I'M o.
late the old gentleman. ct in the best Of health, has had periods OF
, depression, during which he at times stated to friends that when
an n o longer take ARE of myself will not DE- a 0uroe" upon any
one"
. Last Friday King, who "a very fond of children, VA aklng
+ to a little playmate, the young o of Chas. Peryman' IN "he" nc
left he graveIy shook hands with the youngster, told him goodbye AN
; added, II hope you will grow up to be as good a ma as fa'hef'
my boy"
King had been occupying a oom in the Hippodrome with aur
Coll. Saturday morning Coll found that the old gentleman a gone
out. and had left on a dresser in the room his watch, glasses N
several small personal keepsakes and trinkets. He had told o a
, day or 50 before that he might go away o n whe l 9 'W'
won be any use looking for me-you won see lie again n 'nere
will be n o use looking for me again. Possibly in a FEY months thy
; may fd me-
: King has not been een since, and as it is known that while he was
: lot addicted to the drug, he always carried with him a small vial of
: morphine. 1t is believed that he has gone somewhere in the hills n
= taken the drug, and laid down for his last long sleep, where he
{ "would not be a are to any one :" Yesterday To-Day earehn
: parties have been looking through the hills for King, but NJ trac has
+ been found, and no me has been discovered who saw him leaving town.
+ During the early days of the camp King was for some time a
Z foreman in the Combination Fraction mine, and left this TO 60 mt
> mining for himself, in which he vas unsuccessful. Later he went tt
|. the Bulnog and Johnnie districts, and last year took charge of the
= Johnnie mine for AL Myers. He has been in poor health or some
+ months, being afflicted with a stomach affection.
: In appearance King a a typical southern colonel lie as
+ about 8 feet 10 inches in height, erect and with a military carriage
Z with white hail, mousaches and a neat, sharp pointed goatee. He
+ usually wore a straight brimmed stetson hat. He said but little about
: his antecedents, but his speech and manners were those of the south,
+ and he admitted being of southern birth. He had travelled quite x
+ tensively in the United States, had a keen memory and perception,
+ and "a one of the most companionabk, intelligent and interesting of
+ men
+ Up to the time of his disappearance he was perfectly rational, and
+ owing to the fact that he left his personal keepsakes and valuab1s,
+ as well IS his clothing, it is believed that he has sought a permanent
+ surcease from sickness and adversely, rather than that he is wander
ing, demented, upon the desert.
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