The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-02-24
President Of Atlanta
Mine Dies SuddGn|y y

Late Ely papers contain lengthy
commits of the demise of j. A. Sneda-
ker, consulting engineer OF the
Giroux Consolidated Mining company
The fact that the deceased was
president of the Atlanta Gold Mining
company, operating in this county
leaves the occurance not entirely
without local interest.
/ The following is from the pne
of James W. Abbott. an old associ- |
ate of the deccasesd
EDITOR RECORD.
Sir. The death in Denver on Feb
ruary 10 OF Jaames Angus Sneiaker
is matter OF much Importance TO
this county. Mr.. Snedaker wass the
president OF the Atlanta Gold Min
ling Company, After thorough in
vestigation, he invested largely in
this company ana, as its principal
officer, he exhibited great interest
/
colnpauys properly the coming sea-
son.
Alr Suedaker was a mining engin-
cr, "a years of ase at the time OF
his death. lie located in Colorado,
at Aspen, in 1881, and Immediately
became an important factor in the
aiming life Of that state.
Soon after locating in the state he
became closely associated with A. E.
reynolds, ono OF the foremost mining
: men OF the west, and that associa-
r Jion was never FULLY dissolved. Nh
: reynolds in the early SOS was con
!. iucting that apex litigation at Aspen
which became 50 famous in mining
: tistory, and through which he ac,
G ,iured the reputation of consummate
e 'Dility in generalship in all litiga
} zion involving mining title.
a 1T some years at AsEe2, MIR
3nodaker moved to Lake City, Colo
raoA, where he remained fer severa
T years in oharse of mining enterpris
s. - in which he was jointly interest
o I'd with MIR. Reynolds, Later. h
/ lad charge of the great Sunnysid
old mine, above Silyerton. Leay
. ing Silyerton he opened an office
rs general consulting mining en-
8 gineer IN Denver, and there KEEP
n. ais headquarters up to the time o
= MS death.
:, Mr.. Snedakcr was an OF exec
- lent judgement and high class tecl
Is aical ability in mining matters, an
ie. his conclusion to invest largely /
u he Atlanta Geld Mining company
. IN assurance that we in this count
te re going to derive bencfit from tn
O. orty, which it is probable will NJ
0h De long deferred
Is He was one of the first prominel
10 mining engineers to forsee the rel
ay lssance OF mining in NeVaad. +
III Il asoned that where so much Walt
l. lad been proven immense deposi
must still exist. He made stut
If Nevada, and at length determi
49,, I'd to east his fortunes with the co
!, Der mines on Old Glery Hill ne
~ E,y He succeeded in interesting wi
80 him Joseph l.. Giroux, who had
,ia ready made fortune in mining
NO association with Senator w. A. Ga
=, at Jerome, Arizona. The Giroux &C
., Mines company is the name Civ
80 to the company which owns
- mines on Old Glory Hill and al
valuable mines in Mexico.
The unerring judgement display
~ Mr. Snedaker in his claims
the Ely property was magnificen
,onfi med when Thos. F. Cole a
associates, decided to invest larg
IN the company and Thos. F, Cole
ame president
We in Phoebe feel a peculiar
terest IN this company for the re
: On that j A. Gallagher, tour JAG
; was in charge of the work of res
2 when three miEbs were entom
+. tor 4G days in the Alpha shaft IT
: rescue under ais direction was
e OF the most spec tacular and roma!
incidents in an Industry, Win
e history so tull Of horrible catas
phcs
II Mr. Snedaker from the begini
e was consulting engineer of the
oux He had just returned from
!uth, where he had been to att
the annual meeting Of sockholder
:, the company where he had been
., elected director and consulting
!, gineer Food. eaten at railroad
nj taurants, enroute back to Der
g was the cause to which death
an Dtomaine poisoning was attrit
NJ He leaves the wife he married in
re pen in 1856, and one boy, now
SO young man Of q at the Colui
he School of Mines.
- Probably the most interesting
s. dress to which Mr.. Snedaker eve