Tintic, C. E. Loose

Col. C. E. Loose has been prominently identified with Tintic ever since the early days of this district. He was attracted to this locality soon after the Bullion Beck and Eureka Hill properties came into prominence. and he lost no time in acquiring ground which made him a lot of money. His first big success was the Grand Central mine in the Mammoth end of the district, which was one of the district's consistent dividend payers for more than thirty years and which is still a most valuable property. Mr. Loose spent a fortune in the development of the Grand Central before the mine shipped its first lot of ore, or before it was established on a paying basis.

Another mine which he controls and which some years ago was a heavy producer is the Gold Chain, while he was one of the heaviest owners in the Victoria at the time the property was under the management and control of the late J. C. Sullivan. Col. Loose also controlled the Sioux during the time that it was paying large dividends. The Sioux carried a part of the famous Beck Tunnel-Colorado-Iron Blossom ore zone from which "Uncle Jesse" Knight took millions of dollars worth of ore. Mr. Loose, a few years ago, sold the control of the Sioux to the Knight people. He had other claims in the vicinity of the Sioux ground during the early days of Tintic and still owns a valuable piece of property which lies between the Plutus and the Grand Central, being known as the Central Mammoth.

In the extreme eastern end of the Tintic District Col. Loose has the Iron King property on which there are immense deposits of iron ore, from which a large tonnage is now being shipped. The holdings of the Iron King are large and from two or three levels of a deep shaft an extensive campaign of prospecting is in progress, with conditions exceptionally favorable for encountering deposits of rich ore. When Mr. Raddatz of the Tintic Standard mine launched a company for the construction of the Goshen Valley Railroad, which taps the eastern end of the Tintic District, Mr. Loose joined him in the business enterprise and at the present time practically all of the ore handled over this line is coming from the Tintic Standard and Iron King.

Mr. Loose resides at Provo where he is vice president of the Provo Commercial & Savings Bank and where he has extensive farming and other interests. In his mining operations he has entered a number of the other districts of Utah.

Mr. Loose is a native of Illinois but lie was only thirteen years of age when he was thrown on his own resources in Utah. He just naturally drifted into the mining game, working in this state, in California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. Gradually he worked his way upward improving every opportunity that came within reach. Today he is one of the most prominent men of Utah. He has seen all the ups and downs of Tintic but has never lost faith in the district.

Colonel Loose Drops Dead At Home In Provo

Mining, Business, Political Leader Ends Career.

Provo. Jan 29. -- Colonel C. E. Loose, well known mining man and capitalist of Provo, died suddenly Monday night, at his residence, 383 East Second South street. The end came shortly before 10 o'clock in the evening while his daughter, Mrs. Preston G. Peterson, was visiting him. He had apparently been in good health when he-was stricken without warning.

Colonel Loose had performed his routine duties Monday, and had visited the Elk's club later in the evening. About 9 p.m. he walked over to visit his daughter, Mrs. Peterson, who lives a few blocks away, and met her on the way. Together they walked back to the Loose residence. As he entered the house, Colonel Loose complained of feeling ill, saying to his daughter, "Girlie, I don't know what's the matter with me, but 1 can't breathe."

Col. Loose seated himself in a rocking chair, and Mrs. Peterson went into the kitchen to bring him a glass of water. When she returned, Col. Loose was dead, passing away without a sound or without any sign of a struggle.

Born in Illinois. -- Colonel Loose played a prominent part in the industrial and political activities of Utah during the last 40 years. He was born in Quincy, Ill. Sept. 19, 1853, a son of Robert and Jane Tenney Loose. His father as at one time a teacher and later entered the drug business. After the death of his father, C. E. Loose removed to Utah with his mother and two other children, settling in Payson, where the children attended school.

At thirteen years of age [1866] he started out to earn his own living. His first job was on a California ranch at $20 per month. He soon drifted into the mining fields, however, and from then on became active in prospecting and mining in California and Nevada. In 1885 [age 32], he returned to Utah and has since been one of the prominent mine owners and operators of this state.

As the years passed by his investments became more extensive, being one of the heavy stockholders and manager of the Grand Central Mining company, as well as owning large interests in a dozen other companies. He has likewise extended his efforts into banking circles, having been vice president of the Provo Commercial and Savings Bank, of which Senator Reed Smoot is the president.

Through his tenacity and almost wholly through hie individual effort, he developed the Sioux, Utah Consolidated, the Iron King and the old Ajax mining company until it was purchased by the Tintic Standard, in which he was a large shareholder at the time of his death [1929]. He also had interests in the Big Indian, an oil claim in San Juan county; and in the Spanish Fork Canyon Oil company.

Active In Politics. -- He had also turned to farming and stock raising as a diversion from other business cares, and had always been prominent in political activities. He was one of the leaders in the Republican party in Utah, having been national committeeman for several years. He served as a delegate to the national Republican convention at Chicago in 1912, and was an elector on the ticket when Theodore Roosevelt was chosen president. He was always an ardent admirer of Roosevelt and went with him into the Progressive party in 1912. In 1887, Mr. Loose was united in marriage to Miss Jane Patten of Payson, who died a few months ago. The children who survive him are: Mrs. Erma Peterson, the wife of Preston G. Peterson, state road commissioner, Provo; Mrs. Fay Gordon, Salt Lake; Warren Dean Loose, Salt Lake, and Clarence Loose. Salt Lake.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Utah stake tabernacle under the direction of Bishop W. P. Whitehead of the Provo First ward.