HENDERSON, William

The Daily Arizona Silver Belt, 18 Dec 1915 The funeral for William "Tip" Henderson will occur at the Jones Funeral Parlor at Globe tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Lodge of Elks will have charge of the services and friends of the family are invited to be present. G.C. Simmons, the exalted ruler, has requested all members of the Globe Lodge No. 489, B.P.O. Elks, and visiting brethren to meet at the lodge room at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon for the purpose of attending the funeral. The life of Henderson, who was killed at the Gibson mine early in the week, the mine which he had so much to do with developing, was a remarkable one in many respects. He was born in Canton, Ohio and was 53 years of age at the time of his death. He came west about 28 years ago and has spent most of his time since then in New Mexico and Arizona. Briefly stated the story of his connection to the Gibson mine was one of the most interesting events in a section replete interesting propositions. In company with S.L. Gibson and Fred Beck, he bonded the Gibson mine, then a mere prospect in 1901, from O.S. Cross and a woman named "Texas Jenny." They paid for the property out of the profits in just a few weeks. Gibson and Henderson finally bought Beck out and continued their work with developing the mine. It has been stated that the mine paid from the grass roots down and again it has been stated that it did not pay until a depth of from 50 to 75 feet was reached. There is good authority for the statement that some of the best ore ever found in the mine was discovered at a depth of 16 feet, but the mine remained "pockety." But it is known that the mine produced over $1,800,000 from the time it was discovered until it was taken over by the Cactus Company a few years ago. Despite this large production Henderson did not succeed in realizing very much out of it and he was possessed of very little of this world's goods at the time of the unfortunate accident which snuffed out his life so quickly. In this connection it is interesting to relate that Henderson and Gibson hoped to be able to pay off the few thousand dollars worth of obligations existing against the property and take the property back next spring. It was for this reason that Henderson was working so hard as a leaser at the time that he met with his untimely death. The joint stock company which Henderson and Gibson controlled was capitalized for $100,000, the shares possessing a per value of $1,000. At the time of Henderson's death, Henderson and Gibson controlled 78 out of the 100 shares of the company. In addition to a sister, Henderson leaves two brothers, Robert and Ben, and three children, Ben aged 12, Robert aged 9, and Lily aged 7. His wife, who was Miss Rosa Fengles, died several years ago.