Joseph T. Horton
Obituaries
Rocky Mountain News - May 26, 1895
Caught in a Slide. Joseph T. HORTON, a Widely Known Miner, Killed in an Old Mine in Mexico.
Joseph T. HORTON, a miner widely known in Colorado, was killed on the 15th inst. in a mine located in the state of Durango, Mex. He was engaged in the exploration of some abandoned workings, when an immense mass of loose rocks, timbers and dry dirt came down on him and buried him many feet. The accident was discovered almost immediately and heroic efforts were made for HORTON's rescue. This was almost accomplished, when a second terrific slide of the same material occurred. Day and night, for forty-eight hours, the work of excavating went on before the lifeless body of HORTON was reached.
Perhaps no miner in the state of Colorado was more widely known or more universally respected than Joe HORTON. He was a native of Nova Scotia, and came from Boston to Colorado in the early '70's. He engaged in mining first at Georgetown. With the beginning of the Leadville excitement he went there and for a number of years acted as foreman of underground work on the Brecce Iron mine and others. He was afterward prominently connected with mine leases and development work at Robinson, Aspen, Fulford and other camps. Last fall, A. W. GEIST, manager of the Velardena Mining company at the town of the same name, in the state of Durango, Mex., secured his services in a trusted position in the mines of that company. He was a man who made friends everywhere and all over Colorado men who knew him will regret his death.
