MINERAL NV Archives Obituaries.....[BELL, Capt.9/1914]
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Western Nevada Miner
9/5/1914

Capt. Bell, Old Prospector, Crosses the great Divide.

Last Saturday afternoon Capt. Bell, the old mining man 
who had been confined in the Yerington hospital for some 
weeks, passed away, says the [Yerington] Times.  His 
remains were taken to Schurz where the funeral took 
place Monday.  Not much can be learned of his history, 
but it is known that he followed the mining game for 
many years, being one of the first to get into the 
Alaska country, and later coming to Tonopah, Goldfield 
and Rawhide during the excitement at these different 
camps.  For some time he has been located in Schurz 
and is said to have had some mining property in this 
district.  While in the hospital he was given the best 
of treatment by friends and his physician and at the 
last was taken care of by his step-son J.C. McGovern, 
who was called here from Washington State by the illness 
of the old gentleman.