The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-26
DEATH OF TH0S. HAUCK
A RESPECTED PIONEER
MADE FORTUNE ON TRAIL CREEK
AND RETIRED TO QUITE
LIFE IN CALIFORNIA.
i. JEWS WAS received yesterday

of the death of Thomas j.
Hauck, which occurred about
two weeks ago at his home IN
Kelseyville, Cal. He was for many
years one of the most highly esteemed
citizens of this county, and the news
of his death was received with cx-
pressions of profound regret. Mr..
Hauck and his brother, Frank NJ.
Hauck, were pioneers of the North
Side, coming to Delta In 1884. They
located the ground upon which the
town of Delta was built and engaged
in placer mining. Their efforts did
not prove sufficiently profitable on ac-
count of the deep bedrock and they
subsequently abandoned the ground.
Tom Hauck then came to the South
Side, where the great lead deposits
We're attracting much attention. He
was employed as an engineer to run
the compressor at the old Granite
mine, now the Success, and at that
time he acquired an interest in the
Granite State claim, which he after
wards sold and which is now believed
to be part of the Success holdings.
Returns to Gold Belt.
But Mr.. Hauck soon returned to the
gold belt, for he and his brother were
typical placer miners. They acquired
by purchase the ground at the mouth
of Placer gulch, a tributary of Trail
creek, at the old town of Myrtle, from
which they extracted a comfortable
fortune. They worked the ground un-
til 1911, when they went to California
to make their home. Tom Hauck
while mining on Trail creek was a
frequent visitor to Wallace, where his
quiet, genial nature made him man.
friends. The following account of his
death, together with a brief sketch Of
his life, is taken from the Kelseyville
Sun:
Thomas Jefferson Hauck died on
Saturday afternoon at his home on
the north side of town, after an illness
of about 10 days, of pneumonia aud
complications.
Deceased was a native of Pennsyi-
tdllld, poIh III Lall1ttotCl NobiilN vi
December IL, 1912, making his age at
the time of death a few months over
"A years. He was educated at the
Pennsylvania normal school, and in
1864 enlisted in a Pennsylvania regi-
ment as a volunteer and served his
country until the close of the civil war
After the war he taught school until
1857, when he decided to go to Mon
tana, following his brother, Francis
NJ. Hauck, who had gone there earlier
to work in the mines. The tWo broth
ers remained together from that time
almost continuously until death ended
the companionship.
Pioneers Of 1884.
"In 1884 the brothers journeyed fur
Their west, and for many years were
employed in the mines in Idaho. Dur
ing the Alaska gold rush in the latter
'9Os r. ]. Hauck made a trip to Daw~
son and later to the Nome district,
spending about a year and "A half in
hat country.
in the latter part of 1911 the broth
erS came 10 CdlllOfnld, anu dlleI hidh
ing quite an extensive survey of inc
state, decided to locate at K~elseyville.
In the spring of 1912 they purchased
20 acres of the Merritt tract, joining
the w. M. Mobiles home, on the north
side of town, which has been in these
few years converted into a veritable
garden spot. Their orchard consists
principally of Bartlett pears, with
walnut trees and q liberal sprinkling
of other varieties. Here they erected
an attractive bungalow, with modern
improvements, neat barn, and Install
ed their own irrigating plant. Their
place Is a striking and praiseworthyl
example of what can be accomplished
in Lake county by intelligent applica-
ton and hard work.
With Masonic Honors.
"Mr. Hauck was q man of eXcep-