P. J. Quealy - Territorial Mine Inspector
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P. J. QUEALY
The Territorial Inspector of Mines resides in Carbon. He came to Wyoming in 1875, but has been absent from the territory, more or less in the interests of the U.P.C. D. He has spent considerable time in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington Territory, and Utah. Mr. Quealy has for years been interested in coal mining, and is considered an authority on all matters pertaining to the industry. He has a practical education and, for a young man of thirty-one has been wonderfully successful. He has been interested in the cattle business since 1882, and owns a fine ranch thirty-five miles north of Carbon. He is also interested in the Quealy & Hoffman Coal Co., at Bozeman, Montana, and the C. W. Hoffman & Co. Mercantile Co., but these business interests are tributary to his more permanent interests in Wyoming. Mr. Quealy was appointed Territorial Inspector of Mines by Gov. Warren in October 1886. His many qualifications for this important position rendered his appointment particularly throughout the territory.
Since the above was put in type, Mr. Quealy has become interested in mines near Rock Springs, and has resigned his position as Territorial Inspector of Mines, and removed to that place; but his office is still conducted here, by H. Stanley, late of Rawlins. Mr. Quealy’s successor is C.T. Epperson, of Evanston. (Wyoming and Its Future, Laramie Territory, 1887 Holiday Edition)