Salida Mail 16 Jul 1920
James H. Criswell, one of the best known and most popular mining men of Chaffee county, died at 1:15 o'clock Thursday morning of double pneumonia. He became ill Saturday at his home in Monarch and was brought to Salida Wednesday for treatment. Mr. Criswell was one of the successful leasers on the Monarch-Madonna mine several years ago and he made a considerable sum out of his mining ventures. He engaged in the automobile business in Salida but later resumed mining at Monarch, where he was in the employ of the Monarch Madonna at the time of his death. Mr. Criswell had a wide acquaintance among the mining men of the state. He was born in Guthrie, Mo., 47 years ago and he came to Colorado years ago, engaging in mining from the start. He was married Sept. 8, 1909, to Miss Rebecca Wolfrom. He Is survived by his wife and four children Charles, Ernest, Herschel, and May.
James H. Criswell, one of the best known and most popular mining men of Chaffee county, died at 1:15 o'clock Thursday morning of double pneumonia. He became ill Saturday at his home in Monarch and was brought to Salida Wednesday for treatment. Mr. Criswell was one of the successful leasers on the Monarch-Madonna mine several years ago and he made a considerable sum out of his mining ventures. He engaged in the automobile business in Salida but later resumed mining at Monarch, where he was in the employ of the Monarch Madonna at the time of his death. Mr. Criswell had a wide acquaintance among the mining men of the state. He was born in Guthrie, Mo., 47 years ago and he came to Colorado years ago, engaging in mining from the start. He was married Sept. 8, 1909, to Miss Rebecca Wolfrom. He Is survived by his wife and four children Charles, Ernest, Herschel, and May.
Salida Mail 16 Jul 1920
James H. Criswell, one of the best known and most popular mining men of Chaffee county, died at 1:15 o'clock Thursday morning of double pneumonia. He became ill Saturday at his home in Monarch and was brought to Salida Wednesday for treatment. Mr. Criswell was one of the successful leasers on the Monarch-Madonna mine several years ago and he made a considerable sum out of his mining ventures. He engaged in the automobile business in Salida but later resumed mining at Monarch, where he was in the employ of the Monarch Madonna at the time of his death. Mr. Criswell had a wide acquaintance among the mining men of the state. He was born in Guthrie, Mo., 47 years ago and he came to Colorado years ago, engaging in mining from the start. He was married Sept. 8, 1909, to Miss Rebecca Wolfrom. He Is survived by his wife and four children Charles, Ernest, Herschel, and May.
James H. Criswell, one of the best known and most popular mining men of Chaffee county, died at 1:15 o'clock Thursday morning of double pneumonia. He became ill Saturday at his home in Monarch and was brought to Salida Wednesday for treatment. Mr. Criswell was one of the successful leasers on the Monarch-Madonna mine several years ago and he made a considerable sum out of his mining ventures. He engaged in the automobile business in Salida but later resumed mining at Monarch, where he was in the employ of the Monarch Madonna at the time of his death. Mr. Criswell had a wide acquaintance among the mining men of the state. He was born in Guthrie, Mo., 47 years ago and he came to Colorado years ago, engaging in mining from the start. He was married Sept. 8, 1909, to Miss Rebecca Wolfrom. He Is survived by his wife and four children Charles, Ernest, Herschel, and May.
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