Birth/death and burial information taken from his 1940 Nevada Death Certificate.
Reno Gazette Journal, January 23, 1940
VETERAN MINER DIES AT SILVER
"The funeral of Benjamin B. Wilson, veteran Silver City mining man who died at his home last night following a brief illness with pneumonia, will be held here tomorrow. The services will be conducted in the Capital City Mortuary with the Rev. J.L. Harvey, clergyman, and burial will be in the family plot in the Silver City Cemetery.
Mr. Wilson, seventy-five years old and a native of Silver City, spent his entire life mining on the Comstock. For many years he owned the Flora Temple Mine and was also interested in many other properties. He is survived by a brother, George N. Wilson, of Silver City and several nieces and nephews in Reno and Silver City."
Reno Gazette Journal, January 23, 1940
VETERAN MINER DIES AT SILVER
"The funeral of Benjamin B. Wilson, veteran Silver City mining man who died at his home last night following a brief illness with pneumonia, will be held here tomorrow. The services will be conducted in the Capital City Mortuary with the Rev. J.L. Harvey, clergyman, and burial will be in the family plot in the Silver City Cemetery.
Mr. Wilson, seventy-five years old and a native of Silver City, spent his entire life mining on the Comstock. For many years he owned the Flora Temple Mine and was also interested in many other properties. He is survived by a brother, George N. Wilson, of Silver City and several nieces and nephews in Reno and Silver City."
Birth/death and burial information taken from his 1940 Nevada Death Certificate.
Reno Gazette Journal, January 23, 1940
VETERAN MINER DIES AT SILVER
"The funeral of Benjamin B. Wilson, veteran Silver City mining man who died at his home last night following a brief illness with pneumonia, will be held here tomorrow. The services will be conducted in the Capital City Mortuary with the Rev. J.L. Harvey, clergyman, and burial will be in the family plot in the Silver City Cemetery.
Mr. Wilson, seventy-five years old and a native of Silver City, spent his entire life mining on the Comstock. For many years he owned the Flora Temple Mine and was also interested in many other properties. He is survived by a brother, George N. Wilson, of Silver City and several nieces and nephews in Reno and Silver City."
Reno Gazette Journal, January 23, 1940
VETERAN MINER DIES AT SILVER
"The funeral of Benjamin B. Wilson, veteran Silver City mining man who died at his home last night following a brief illness with pneumonia, will be held here tomorrow. The services will be conducted in the Capital City Mortuary with the Rev. J.L. Harvey, clergyman, and burial will be in the family plot in the Silver City Cemetery.
Mr. Wilson, seventy-five years old and a native of Silver City, spent his entire life mining on the Comstock. For many years he owned the Flora Temple Mine and was also interested in many other properties. He is survived by a brother, George N. Wilson, of Silver City and several nieces and nephews in Reno and Silver City."
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