The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-17
HANAUER, NOTED
PIONEER, DIES
Leading Smelter and Business
Man Receives Sudden
Summons.
RESIDENT OF SALT LAKE
NEARLY FORTY YEARS
Born i'm Wiesenfeld, Bavaria,
and Came to America in
1854.


man and one of the earliest smelter
died at his home, 6s First avenue, Fri
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock Mr..
uanauer was at his office Thursday
as usual, and Thursday evening was
spent at the home of friends, and while
his family and friends realized his
weakened condition, none had the
faintest inkling of his impending
death.
Mr.. Hanauer had been a sufferer
from Bright's disease Tor some time,
and his physical condition had been
gradually growing worse for several
months past. He passed away peace,
fully.
Abraham Hanauer was born on jan
uary 5. 1885, at Wiesenfeld, Bavaria.
He came to America In 1884, residing
first at Pittsburg and then III st.
Louis. In 1859 he removed TO Denver
when that city was little more than
a village, and under the firm name
of Hanauer, Dold g. Co. engaged III
general mercantile business. This firm
was one of the historic business enter
prises of the west, and it engaged In
the picturesque mountain and desert
freighting business before the advent
of the railroads,
From Denver Mr Hanauer removed
TO Virginia City, Mont, when the in
jtial gold excitement was on, and he
der guch, one of the most famous Of
western gold fields. At Virginia City
Mr.. Hanauer entered the banking and
mercantile business also.
1t was in 1872 that Mr.. Hanauer re-
moved to Salt Lake City and became
identified with the mining and smelt-
ing industry Of Utah and surrounding
states. He and Ben Morgan engaged
in the ore buying business and erected
later and Mr.. Hanauer rebuilt the
works on the old site.
Reputation for Honesty.
Mr.. Hanauer was associated with p.
W. Nash and Benjamin Barton in this
enterprise up to 1899, when ;he Ameri-
can Smelling g. Refining company was
organized, and this plant merged into
the present business of the company.
For years, and up to this merger, Mr..
Hanauer was the Utah representative
of the Omaha & Grant Smelling com
pany, which was one of the principal
units of the new organization.
Such was Mr.. Hanauer's reputation
for unswerving honesty that many
mining men shipped their ore to him
without certificates or receipts, and
left it to him to sample the product
and pay them the value. And, ii should
be added, there never was a single in
stance in which this trust was be,
trayed.
Since leaving the smelling industry
Mr.. Hanauer had been associated with
M. K. Parsons in the cattle business IN
Utah, Idaho and Colorado. among their
h.ip L nj
Whitewater. Colo, and the Keystone at
Meeker, Colo.
Loses His Eyesight.
During his later years Mr. Hanauer
suffered the loss Of his eyesight, lu
1906 he was under treatment in San
Francisco. and year later was totally
blind He remained active in business,
however. and the faithful attention 10
the details of has affairs helped him
bear his affliction better than would
otherwise have been the case Mr.
Hanauer never married. his nearest
relative in Salt Lake being Moritz Bam-
berger. nephew, and be had cousins
| residing here. nephews and nieces in
| Colorado and Germany and brothers
I and sisters in the old country
While man of big business affairs,
| and prominent in all the circles with
in which he moved. Mr. Hanauer was
modest and retiring man. Que whose
| hobby was business. He was a Mason,
having been one Of the charter mem
bers of the first lodge ever instituted
in Denver. He also was member of
the Alta club. being one Of the charter
members and one of its early presi-
| dents. In his Salt Lake business ca
reer he was close friend and asso-
ciate of Richard Mcintosh and r. C.
| Chambers in mining.
| During his last few hours, Mr.. Han.
auer was surrounded by the many low
| ing friends and relatives whose atten-
tion and care during his years of blind
ness have been constant and ever help.
| full.
The funeral arrangements have not
been completed yet, but the burial will
J be IN this city