James Ferguson Burns
Born in Portland, Maine in 1853, Jimmy Burns had a number of careers, traveled parts of the world, and made and lost fortunes before following three of his sisters and brother to Colorado Springs. After arriving in 1886 he performed many jobs for the city including those of a plumber and street grader and also as the foremen of the Matt France Hook & Ladder Company. There he and a friend named Jimmie Doyle, who was also from Portland, formed plans to go into the Cripple Creek & Victor Mining District to seek their fortune. Battle Mountain was said to be the place to be as miners such as Winfield Scott Stratton, Sam Strong, and the Woods Brothers had already established paying claims but the mountain had little left for tenderfeet. After pouring over claim maps and repeatedly walking the hills, Burns and Doyle laid claim to a triangular piece of land that was barely larger than a tenth of an acre. Being tenderfeet they knew very little about mining but with the help of knowledgeable friends like John Harnan and powerful friends like Stratton, the Portland Mine grew from that tiny little parcel to 183 acres and three separate shafts producing millions of dollars of gold every year and making each of the partners very rich in the meantime. The Portland Gold Ming Company would found the town of Goldfield to provide homes for its miners and even during the strikes of 1894 and 1903-1904 the Portland would continue to provide for its miners when all the other mines had closed. Jimmy Burns was a fortunate man but earned every dime he made. And he gave too. Burns greatest gift was to the city of Colorado Springs, The fabulous Burns Opera House.
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Wednesday, September 26, 1917
JAMES FERGUSON BURNS
In the passing of JAMES FERGUSON BURNS, Colorado Springs has lost one of its best known citizens. In was in the earliest pioneer days, when hope and faith were his only assets, that Mr. Burns was prompted to become one of the trail blazers to the great gold camp. Fortune smiled upon him; yet friends were still friends as in the days of adversity. His charities were many, tho unpublished; and more than one will miss him as the man who was ever their friend in time of need.
His aggressive spirit and great success made him enemies; but with the passing of the years, the memory of the old days mellowed enmity into friendships. No greater evidence of the universal esteem in which he was held can be cited than the fact that he was known to the man of affluence and to the newsey on the street as "Jimmie Burns." His best friend never called him a "good fellow" – he was a man.
The city mourns his loss and offers sincerest condolence to his bereaved family.
Colorado Springs Gazette, Wed 9-26-1917
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Burns Funeral Held From Residence Today
The funeral of James F. Burns, who died early Sunday morning, will be held from the residence, 1315 Wood Avenue, this morning at 11 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Bishop Frank Hale Touret, assisted by the Rev. Chauncey H. Blodgett, pastor of the Grace Episcopal church.
The honorary pallbearers will be the following: Senator Charles H. Thomas, J. A. Hayes, Irving Howbert, A. G. Sharp, Dr. W. A. Campbell, Dr. B. P. Anderson, W. W. Price and Henry Russell Wary.
The active pallbearers, selected from his associates and family, will be the following: Ira Harris, Horance N. Hawkins, Thomas F. Daly, E. E. Nicholls, W. W. Parker, J. H. Parker Jr., Theodore W. Gauss, Edgar V. Ullrich, Otis G. Young, and John T. Hawkins.
Internment, which will be in the family vault in Evergreen Cemetery, will be private.
Out of respect to Mr. Burns, there will be no call on the Mining Stock exchange today according to an announcement made yesterday.
Colorado Springs Gazette, Wed 9-26-1917
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Other Burns siblings - burial locations unknown:
Martin Burns (1848-?)
John Burns Jr. (1849-?)
Margaret L Burns Murphy (1849-1900)
Barnard Burns (1850-1917)
Born in Portland, Maine in 1853, Jimmy Burns had a number of careers, traveled parts of the world, and made and lost fortunes before following three of his sisters and brother to Colorado Springs. After arriving in 1886 he performed many jobs for the city including those of a plumber and street grader and also as the foremen of the Matt France Hook & Ladder Company. There he and a friend named Jimmie Doyle, who was also from Portland, formed plans to go into the Cripple Creek & Victor Mining District to seek their fortune. Battle Mountain was said to be the place to be as miners such as Winfield Scott Stratton, Sam Strong, and the Woods Brothers had already established paying claims but the mountain had little left for tenderfeet. After pouring over claim maps and repeatedly walking the hills, Burns and Doyle laid claim to a triangular piece of land that was barely larger than a tenth of an acre. Being tenderfeet they knew very little about mining but with the help of knowledgeable friends like John Harnan and powerful friends like Stratton, the Portland Mine grew from that tiny little parcel to 183 acres and three separate shafts producing millions of dollars of gold every year and making each of the partners very rich in the meantime. The Portland Gold Ming Company would found the town of Goldfield to provide homes for its miners and even during the strikes of 1894 and 1903-1904 the Portland would continue to provide for its miners when all the other mines had closed. Jimmy Burns was a fortunate man but earned every dime he made. And he gave too. Burns greatest gift was to the city of Colorado Springs, The fabulous Burns Opera House.
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Wednesday, September 26, 1917
JAMES FERGUSON BURNS
In the passing of JAMES FERGUSON BURNS, Colorado Springs has lost one of its best known citizens. In was in the earliest pioneer days, when hope and faith were his only assets, that Mr. Burns was prompted to become one of the trail blazers to the great gold camp. Fortune smiled upon him; yet friends were still friends as in the days of adversity. His charities were many, tho unpublished; and more than one will miss him as the man who was ever their friend in time of need.
His aggressive spirit and great success made him enemies; but with the passing of the years, the memory of the old days mellowed enmity into friendships. No greater evidence of the universal esteem in which he was held can be cited than the fact that he was known to the man of affluence and to the newsey on the street as "Jimmie Burns." His best friend never called him a "good fellow" – he was a man.
The city mourns his loss and offers sincerest condolence to his bereaved family.
Colorado Springs Gazette, Wed 9-26-1917
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Burns Funeral Held From Residence Today
The funeral of James F. Burns, who died early Sunday morning, will be held from the residence, 1315 Wood Avenue, this morning at 11 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Bishop Frank Hale Touret, assisted by the Rev. Chauncey H. Blodgett, pastor of the Grace Episcopal church.
The honorary pallbearers will be the following: Senator Charles H. Thomas, J. A. Hayes, Irving Howbert, A. G. Sharp, Dr. W. A. Campbell, Dr. B. P. Anderson, W. W. Price and Henry Russell Wary.
The active pallbearers, selected from his associates and family, will be the following: Ira Harris, Horance N. Hawkins, Thomas F. Daly, E. E. Nicholls, W. W. Parker, J. H. Parker Jr., Theodore W. Gauss, Edgar V. Ullrich, Otis G. Young, and John T. Hawkins.
Internment, which will be in the family vault in Evergreen Cemetery, will be private.
Out of respect to Mr. Burns, there will be no call on the Mining Stock exchange today according to an announcement made yesterday.
Colorado Springs Gazette, Wed 9-26-1917
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Other Burns siblings - burial locations unknown:
Martin Burns (1848-?)
John Burns Jr. (1849-?)
Margaret L Burns Murphy (1849-1900)
Barnard Burns (1850-1917)
James Ferguson Burns
Born in Portland, Maine in 1853, Jimmy Burns had a number of careers, traveled parts of the world, and made and lost fortunes before following three of his sisters and brother to Colorado Springs. After arriving in 1886 he performed many jobs for the city including those of a plumber and street grader and also as the foremen of the Matt France Hook & Ladder Company. There he and a friend named Jimmie Doyle, who was also from Portland, formed plans to go into the Cripple Creek & Victor Mining District to seek their fortune. Battle Mountain was said to be the place to be as miners such as Winfield Scott Stratton, Sam Strong, and the Woods Brothers had already established paying claims but the mountain had little left for tenderfeet. After pouring over claim maps and repeatedly walking the hills, Burns and Doyle laid claim to a triangular piece of land that was barely larger than a tenth of an acre. Being tenderfeet they knew very little about mining but with the help of knowledgeable friends like John Harnan and powerful friends like Stratton, the Portland Mine grew from that tiny little parcel to 183 acres and three separate shafts producing millions of dollars of gold every year and making each of the partners very rich in the meantime. The Portland Gold Ming Company would found the town of Goldfield to provide homes for its miners and even during the strikes of 1894 and 1903-1904 the Portland would continue to provide for its miners when all the other mines had closed. Jimmy Burns was a fortunate man but earned every dime he made. And he gave too. Burns greatest gift was to the city of Colorado Springs, The fabulous Burns Opera House.
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Wednesday, September 26, 1917
JAMES FERGUSON BURNS
In the passing of JAMES FERGUSON BURNS, Colorado Springs has lost one of its best known citizens. In was in the earliest pioneer days, when hope and faith were his only assets, that Mr. Burns was prompted to become one of the trail blazers to the great gold camp. Fortune smiled upon him; yet friends were still friends as in the days of adversity. His charities were many, tho unpublished; and more than one will miss him as the man who was ever their friend in time of need.
His aggressive spirit and great success made him enemies; but with the passing of the years, the memory of the old days mellowed enmity into friendships. No greater evidence of the universal esteem in which he was held can be cited than the fact that he was known to the man of affluence and to the newsey on the street as "Jimmie Burns." His best friend never called him a "good fellow" – he was a man.
The city mourns his loss and offers sincerest condolence to his bereaved family.
Colorado Springs Gazette, Wed 9-26-1917
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Burns Funeral Held From Residence Today
The funeral of James F. Burns, who died early Sunday morning, will be held from the residence, 1315 Wood Avenue, this morning at 11 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Bishop Frank Hale Touret, assisted by the Rev. Chauncey H. Blodgett, pastor of the Grace Episcopal church.
The honorary pallbearers will be the following: Senator Charles H. Thomas, J. A. Hayes, Irving Howbert, A. G. Sharp, Dr. W. A. Campbell, Dr. B. P. Anderson, W. W. Price and Henry Russell Wary.
The active pallbearers, selected from his associates and family, will be the following: Ira Harris, Horance N. Hawkins, Thomas F. Daly, E. E. Nicholls, W. W. Parker, J. H. Parker Jr., Theodore W. Gauss, Edgar V. Ullrich, Otis G. Young, and John T. Hawkins.
Internment, which will be in the family vault in Evergreen Cemetery, will be private.
Out of respect to Mr. Burns, there will be no call on the Mining Stock exchange today according to an announcement made yesterday.
Colorado Springs Gazette, Wed 9-26-1917
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Other Burns siblings - burial locations unknown:
Martin Burns (1848-?)
John Burns Jr. (1849-?)
Margaret L Burns Murphy (1849-1900)
Barnard Burns (1850-1917)
Born in Portland, Maine in 1853, Jimmy Burns had a number of careers, traveled parts of the world, and made and lost fortunes before following three of his sisters and brother to Colorado Springs. After arriving in 1886 he performed many jobs for the city including those of a plumber and street grader and also as the foremen of the Matt France Hook & Ladder Company. There he and a friend named Jimmie Doyle, who was also from Portland, formed plans to go into the Cripple Creek & Victor Mining District to seek their fortune. Battle Mountain was said to be the place to be as miners such as Winfield Scott Stratton, Sam Strong, and the Woods Brothers had already established paying claims but the mountain had little left for tenderfeet. After pouring over claim maps and repeatedly walking the hills, Burns and Doyle laid claim to a triangular piece of land that was barely larger than a tenth of an acre. Being tenderfeet they knew very little about mining but with the help of knowledgeable friends like John Harnan and powerful friends like Stratton, the Portland Mine grew from that tiny little parcel to 183 acres and three separate shafts producing millions of dollars of gold every year and making each of the partners very rich in the meantime. The Portland Gold Ming Company would found the town of Goldfield to provide homes for its miners and even during the strikes of 1894 and 1903-1904 the Portland would continue to provide for its miners when all the other mines had closed. Jimmy Burns was a fortunate man but earned every dime he made. And he gave too. Burns greatest gift was to the city of Colorado Springs, The fabulous Burns Opera House.
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Wednesday, September 26, 1917
JAMES FERGUSON BURNS
In the passing of JAMES FERGUSON BURNS, Colorado Springs has lost one of its best known citizens. In was in the earliest pioneer days, when hope and faith were his only assets, that Mr. Burns was prompted to become one of the trail blazers to the great gold camp. Fortune smiled upon him; yet friends were still friends as in the days of adversity. His charities were many, tho unpublished; and more than one will miss him as the man who was ever their friend in time of need.
His aggressive spirit and great success made him enemies; but with the passing of the years, the memory of the old days mellowed enmity into friendships. No greater evidence of the universal esteem in which he was held can be cited than the fact that he was known to the man of affluence and to the newsey on the street as "Jimmie Burns." His best friend never called him a "good fellow" – he was a man.
The city mourns his loss and offers sincerest condolence to his bereaved family.
Colorado Springs Gazette, Wed 9-26-1917
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Burns Funeral Held From Residence Today
The funeral of James F. Burns, who died early Sunday morning, will be held from the residence, 1315 Wood Avenue, this morning at 11 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Bishop Frank Hale Touret, assisted by the Rev. Chauncey H. Blodgett, pastor of the Grace Episcopal church.
The honorary pallbearers will be the following: Senator Charles H. Thomas, J. A. Hayes, Irving Howbert, A. G. Sharp, Dr. W. A. Campbell, Dr. B. P. Anderson, W. W. Price and Henry Russell Wary.
The active pallbearers, selected from his associates and family, will be the following: Ira Harris, Horance N. Hawkins, Thomas F. Daly, E. E. Nicholls, W. W. Parker, J. H. Parker Jr., Theodore W. Gauss, Edgar V. Ullrich, Otis G. Young, and John T. Hawkins.
Internment, which will be in the family vault in Evergreen Cemetery, will be private.
Out of respect to Mr. Burns, there will be no call on the Mining Stock exchange today according to an announcement made yesterday.
Colorado Springs Gazette, Wed 9-26-1917
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Other Burns siblings - burial locations unknown:
Martin Burns (1848-?)
John Burns Jr. (1849-?)
Margaret L Burns Murphy (1849-1900)
Barnard Burns (1850-1917)
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