Son of Charles and Anna Amelia (McAlpine) Tyng.
He was a newspaperman, businessman, and miner, who died in an avalanche and is buried in a lone, fenced grave in American Fork Canyon. He was 63.
He married in 1869 to Elena Carillo Thompson-Tyng, who was residing in Victoria, Texas at the time of his death, where they owned a cattle ranch and pecan orchard. They were the parents of three sons, George McAlpine, Francis and Charles.
He was educated in Hanover, Germany, and spent several years in various business ventures in South America and Cuba. He was appointed U.S. marshal in Arizona Territory, after which he purchased the Arizona Sentinel. Three years later he sold the newspaper and moved to Mexico City, becoming managing director of the railroad. He then became manager of White Deer Lands Trust, before moving on to mining in Utah.
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Shortly after noon on January 19, 1906, Tyng was working on papers in his office, a little lean-to some distance from the rest of the camp. Suddenly a tremendous cascade of snow swept over the building, smashing it down on top of him and burying him under fifteen feet of packed snow.
The entire crew at the mine hurried out to search for their employer. As darkness fell, they found Tyng's body, badly bruised, with a pencil still clasped between frozen fingers. A nail from a falling roof beam had penetrated his skull and killed him instantly.
George Tyng's Will stated that he would like to be buried in the canyon where he worked. Tyng's body was carried back up the canyon and buried on January 30, on the shoulder of Miller Hill, one quarter mile east of the mine. Later a white picket fence was built around the grave.
He was a newspaperman, businessman, and miner, who died in an avalanche and is buried in a lone, fenced grave in American Fork Canyon. He was 63.
He married in 1869 to Elena Carillo Thompson-Tyng, who was residing in Victoria, Texas at the time of his death, where they owned a cattle ranch and pecan orchard. They were the parents of three sons, George McAlpine, Francis and Charles.
He was educated in Hanover, Germany, and spent several years in various business ventures in South America and Cuba. He was appointed U.S. marshal in Arizona Territory, after which he purchased the Arizona Sentinel. Three years later he sold the newspaper and moved to Mexico City, becoming managing director of the railroad. He then became manager of White Deer Lands Trust, before moving on to mining in Utah.
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Shortly after noon on January 19, 1906, Tyng was working on papers in his office, a little lean-to some distance from the rest of the camp. Suddenly a tremendous cascade of snow swept over the building, smashing it down on top of him and burying him under fifteen feet of packed snow.
The entire crew at the mine hurried out to search for their employer. As darkness fell, they found Tyng's body, badly bruised, with a pencil still clasped between frozen fingers. A nail from a falling roof beam had penetrated his skull and killed him instantly.
George Tyng's Will stated that he would like to be buried in the canyon where he worked. Tyng's body was carried back up the canyon and buried on January 30, on the shoulder of Miller Hill, one quarter mile east of the mine. Later a white picket fence was built around the grave.
Son of Charles and Anna Amelia (McAlpine) Tyng.
He was a newspaperman, businessman, and miner, who died in an avalanche and is buried in a lone, fenced grave in American Fork Canyon. He was 63.
He married in 1869 to Elena Carillo Thompson-Tyng, who was residing in Victoria, Texas at the time of his death, where they owned a cattle ranch and pecan orchard. They were the parents of three sons, George McAlpine, Francis and Charles.
He was educated in Hanover, Germany, and spent several years in various business ventures in South America and Cuba. He was appointed U.S. marshal in Arizona Territory, after which he purchased the Arizona Sentinel. Three years later he sold the newspaper and moved to Mexico City, becoming managing director of the railroad. He then became manager of White Deer Lands Trust, before moving on to mining in Utah.
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Shortly after noon on January 19, 1906, Tyng was working on papers in his office, a little lean-to some distance from the rest of the camp. Suddenly a tremendous cascade of snow swept over the building, smashing it down on top of him and burying him under fifteen feet of packed snow.
The entire crew at the mine hurried out to search for their employer. As darkness fell, they found Tyng's body, badly bruised, with a pencil still clasped between frozen fingers. A nail from a falling roof beam had penetrated his skull and killed him instantly.
George Tyng's Will stated that he would like to be buried in the canyon where he worked. Tyng's body was carried back up the canyon and buried on January 30, on the shoulder of Miller Hill, one quarter mile east of the mine. Later a white picket fence was built around the grave.
He was a newspaperman, businessman, and miner, who died in an avalanche and is buried in a lone, fenced grave in American Fork Canyon. He was 63.
He married in 1869 to Elena Carillo Thompson-Tyng, who was residing in Victoria, Texas at the time of his death, where they owned a cattle ranch and pecan orchard. They were the parents of three sons, George McAlpine, Francis and Charles.
He was educated in Hanover, Germany, and spent several years in various business ventures in South America and Cuba. He was appointed U.S. marshal in Arizona Territory, after which he purchased the Arizona Sentinel. Three years later he sold the newspaper and moved to Mexico City, becoming managing director of the railroad. He then became manager of White Deer Lands Trust, before moving on to mining in Utah.
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Shortly after noon on January 19, 1906, Tyng was working on papers in his office, a little lean-to some distance from the rest of the camp. Suddenly a tremendous cascade of snow swept over the building, smashing it down on top of him and burying him under fifteen feet of packed snow.
The entire crew at the mine hurried out to search for their employer. As darkness fell, they found Tyng's body, badly bruised, with a pencil still clasped between frozen fingers. A nail from a falling roof beam had penetrated his skull and killed him instantly.
George Tyng's Will stated that he would like to be buried in the canyon where he worked. Tyng's body was carried back up the canyon and buried on January 30, on the shoulder of Miller Hill, one quarter mile east of the mine. Later a white picket fence was built around the grave.
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