Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-02

ness. and he is also the president of one
of the biggest banks. in the, West.
This is the FIRST National bank OF Den
yer. which has q capital of only $500,
but whose deposits amount to more than
$4,000. II Is now thirty years since MI:
Moffat entered the bank as cgshlcr, aud
to-day. | venture. he considers himself
more Of a banker than a miner. He began
his business career In o bank. He was 10
years old at the time. and started NE as
a messenger boy In the New York EN-
change bank. OF New York. year later
Des Moines. and at - he was rashier- OF
the Bank Of Nebraska, ut omaha. rms
was just about the time Of the Iikes l.aK
gold fever. and Dave Monat got 4 wiE9n
and u mule and came out here to Uni MS
fortune. Denver was then TOO small 10Y
bankers. and Nlonat started Il book and
stationery store. Felling. AS an old miner
told me the other day, an envelope ii sntyt
of paper and a stamp f2r !, nickel, 4 lev
founded, and Morat was ma4o its cashier.
He soon became president and Il Is through
him that the business OF the bank has 90
increased that II now mounts 10 more
than 100000 a year.
How Dn,. MoHnt Looks.
1t was at the bank that l met Mr.: Monot
H. watches over the interests of inc ihrtl-
tuition very carefully. ana you may nnt
tween . and .. ] passed through 4 trtMi
OF business men, who w"r" eh-"Erl "a {Ht
windows OF the bank proper ana asN.I A
policeman IN uniform 9'1nsluE ~ N a"t.-
er's desk whore ] might NM MI hvI1l'
He pointed TO a sort OF a. l'pni nor a. 'ng
right in. There was no roi tape, no mes
senger nor watch dog about the oHAtt OF
the millionaire. Kho .N,t ~ lI. 49,
zion when ] had from senator Teller 10 a
tall, Wei i2FHl'" t"1t "i ,y'i,rtr Ia.
OF age VINO III nj = Vii rl.ib man
lookei rm9i" ms ,,T,,.sr End ggYii
than a Weston WlhI ~" ~, -.Wn,rr lI,ei,1'
hardy aS.otla'' h,' 'rt' ',,c. rITiisj f,t.
his bright eye ana ". INV tu''.i
with that Of ono OF the hardest W"rNr.
aud I'LL ,f,p,T ID, lat'l
ne to be- seated. ana .te,rcd wlth ME Tor
an s2"r nj fo low l., y,r5n y With is gong
az tSr1"ehG5t IN, Wet.
pave NIorlr knows pcrhaps as much
about mine O. amy man b. IL " ne
Is "a In'.g,' al cong oui INTO tfe mines
XXI wark!ns tl,m. IA M mlao owner
fhre% Nd cS o. sN9gri, , ,s ~. 5g tE %'' mt Tl'i,
and he rene" Nl"N 'n'. l'.- ~ -
TFo?tFll'r %. I,
has IN works below Ft"uil h' s''inNM 70, :
into a MIN, H nu,. ~, III. .,,
his crsdit is such amons the capitalists Of
amount OF money AZ 4h" Nm Tor almost
any enterprise which lie wishes to under
Colora,io's N"w Mines.
r,.ir- nv chat I asked some questions
as D to- he new mine Of Goiot4lo. H. L.
piled.
W have never had SO many m.nyr5 At
work here as We hay" TO-DAY, Nor" mines
are nov being developed ihar ever GrtoF',
and me prosper Is that There viii Dr. q
STEADY Increase IN thu gold output. In 1st
We produced less than Siu"oap worth IL
rold LAST year our OUTPUT Wts more IMAM
$4,000. aud / believe that So NH ruH
y U rms Ella comes from mi over G6l-
.rndo Tber. arc good mines I'm tWarry
JiScrcrt .Stuttes and W. Az hy NO means
aan,n5,,, mon amy ono rrr.ou. sl,h AS
Sehehl'1 u ~ az, mimi i'''' ''N" -
sIpple 't''h' 70 u"' '''r
'nuw about the Cripple creek gold? VIII
1t lnat'