John E. "Jack" Barlow
Marriages
Mrs. Thomas Owen[s] - 1916
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - December 28, 1928
Death Claims Another Old Time Mining Man. John BARLOW
Suddenly Passes Away After Several Years of poor Health--Buried in Red Cliff.
John BARLOW, one of the old time miners of Leadville and Battle Mountain,
reached the end of life's journey in a hospital in Glenwood Springs, last Friday,
December 21.
Mr. BARLOW had been at the hospital for several weeks, but was cheerfully
hopeful of spending Christmas with his family in Red Cliff.
Mr. BARLOW was born at Franklin Center, Canada, on November 2, 1880. He
came with his parents to Leadville, Colo., at the age of fourteen months, where he
grew to manhood. At the age of 26 he removed to Red Cliff and has since resided in
Eagle county, for the past ten years of which time was spent on a ranch at Avon,
having purchased the old Mack Fleck ranch, and that was his residence at the time
of death.
Until the time of removal to the ranch he followed mining, first at Leadville and
then on Battle mountain. For the past three years he has suffered with tuberculosis,
which was the cause of his death.
In 1916 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Thomas OWENS. Besides his widow he is
survived by John OWENS of Grass Valley, Calif., Mrs. R. F. ROGERS, a daughter ,
of Granite, Colo., and Mr. Walter OWENS of Avon, Colo. He has two sisters living,
Mrs. Nellie NOLAN and Mrs. May ALLISON, both of Victor, Colo., besides a
number of nieces and nephews.
The funeral was held in the community church at Red Cliff on Monday, December
24, at 2: o'clock p. m., Rev A. R. DENNIS of Eagle officiated. Mrs. NORLANDER
sang two beautiful solos. Mrs. BOWLAND accompanied her at the organ.
The pall bearers were: Mr. Fred KROELLING, Mr. Frank WALSH, Mr. Howard
PHILLIPS, Mr. Pete DOYLE, Mr. L. C. SUMMERS and Mr. Jesse HEADLEY.
Interment was in Evergreen cemetery at Red Cliff, Mortician O. W. MEYER being
in charge of the arrangements.
The deceased was an exceptionally good miner, and worked on some of the most
important work on Battle Mountain after moving from Leadville to the Eagle
county mining camp. He was employed by the Empire Zinc company in the most
extensive development conducted by that company on their Battle Mountain
properties--the driving of the long drift connecting the Newhouse tunnel with the
Eagle mine No. 2, known locally as the Black Iron mine. He was a man of congenial disposition and well beloved by his fellow workmen and with all whom he came in
close contact. He was a kind and devoted husband and father, and the community
has lost a good citizen in the passing of Jack BARLOW.
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[Donated by Kathleen Minion, April 16, 1999]
John Barlow of Avon passed on Friday morning in Glenwood
Springs, from a protracted case of miner's T. B., the end coming unexpectedly, as up
to almost the last hour he was hopeful of recovery, and wrote his wife in Red Cliff
that he expected to be home for Christmas.
He was born in Franklin Center, Canada, coming to Leadville when only 17 months
old. He moved to Red Cliff and Gilman in 1907, and was married to Mrs. Tom
OWEN in 1916.
He followed the occupation of mining until about 10 years ago, at which time he
purchased the old Mack Fleck ranch at Avon, where he had hoped to recuperate his
failing health. Jack Barlow was the exceptional machine man in a mine. He was
employed on the Empire Zinc property for years. It was he who drove the long 14
level drift from the Iron Mask over to the Black Iron workings. He did most of the
upraising for the many ore pockets between the 14 and 16 levels and the loading
pockets under the Newhouse tunnel. He paid the price like many other miners,
sticking too close to the work they liked. Jack Barlow always was a favorite with his
helpers.
He leaves a widow and two step sons, two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Nolan and Mrs. May
Allison, both of Victor, several nieces and nephew and one step-daughter.
The funeral services will be conducted from their ranch home near Avon. Interment
will be in the cemetery at Red Cliff where he always expressed a desire to be buried-
-nature's beauty spot for a last resting place; so the old timers are taking the long
journey by twos and threes. Their ranks are thinning out. They finish their work
and pass on.
Mrs Barlow and relatives have the sympathy of many friends.
