Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-20

Prescott. a. T.. May i, lsf'.-Ihere
.,e several rich old miners and cattle
,oen in, Arisona and New Mexico.
,,no.e lives upset the commonly ac-
,-',,ea IDEAS In IN ceastern mind con-
,ernlng the conduct Of newly made
vcalthy men In the West.
alx or seven men In the territories
,,ho have made great fortunes In Hooks
ana herds and mines and land. and are
addina thousands OF dollars TO their
several estates every year. arc 80
.,,,nsely economical. live 80 primitive
4, and know 70 few. n any. OF the Joys
,plr,t and aspirations OF ordinary men
Of wealth that they are picturesque.
For example. there Ia Benjamin Wat
,ers. the millionaire sheep and wool
Ming Of san Miguel county. New Mex
,co Ills income In variousiy estimated
a, nom 10000 to 10000 year. and he
,pendn less than 500 of II In living and
arrss. lie owns thousands Of acres or
i.nl has n share In rich coal fields at
Ts,iiIos. and holds a number OF 10000
ana fi0ooO mortgnrcf lie II a little.
grlcd.up man. with nm enormous white
heard and long white hair. He was a
forty.nlncr from Maine. lie has lived
among the mountains and with his
nocks for forty years. and has never
altered his manner OF living while his
wealth has been pilins up every month.
uls lonely occupation has untitled HIN
for association with any u his race,
s,cept a few ignorant haifbrccd Hhcp-
herds whom he employs. He goes TO
qanta 70 or t.nmy or seriiloa IN hnrso-
back twice q month 20 transact bupi-
mess with mis- banN.rn anu 10 yUitgct sis-
trtaat and dividends from his coal prop
critics. That II In only Intercourse with
the busy world. from which he and his
nocks live wholly apart. All he knows
4 sheep and the value 81 land for graz
ing purposes. lie sleeps IN his cabin or
wherever night oycrtnkca him. lie al
ways carries n roll Of grcasy blankets
on his horse. and when night comes he
rolls himself In them and lies down In
any dry spot WHERE ratticnnakcu arc
scarce and the horse can browse.
Uncle Hen Waters knows none Of the
pleasures OF men Of even n few hundred
dollars worth OF property. except TO
smoke the cheapest tobacco, which he
buys In fifty-pound lots. He goes bare
foot In summer TO save boot leather.
and he eats tho meat Of his wounded
and ailing sheep TINT soon may die on
hla hands. once, few years ago.
when he had over $4,000 on deposit In
one bank In Santa Fc. he refused To
ray Is cents for lodging at n hotel and
vent and slept In horse barn.
The richest man In southern Arizona
lives at the little Mexican hamlet OF ono
ilanco,in the extreme southern part OF
Pima county. close upon the boundary
line between the United States and
Mexico. He II James A. Robinson. his
age II nearly 81 ycnrH.nnd his wealth II
,ariouHiy estimated from $4,000 to
ii.N)o.ooo. for no one knows about all the
old Ecnticman'a vast possessions In
mines. cattle and lands. Several Year,
ago. when he thought he was about 10
die. he had n Justice OF the peace called
In for the purpose OF drawing up n VIII.
Cattle have since doubled IN value and
a copper claim at iiiAbcc owned by him
has proved a very lucrative piece OF
property. lie owns 10000 acres of graz
inF land IN SONORA and has several
blocks % land in Gun'---r.
Lazy and ancient Orc blnnco IN about
the last community In the country
where one would look for the residence
of Yankec-born millionaire. II II a
mere huddlc Of one-story mud struc-
lures ~ primitive nH the homes OF the
Pueblo Indians. There are not four
wooden foorr In the hamlet. II cntnina
only two little stores, each with a saloon
adjunct. and one blacksmith shop. The
sparse population II four-flfthn Mcxi.
can. Yet Black Jim Robinson. nH he In
known all over the region. has made his
home In orc iilanco for thirty years,
and Will probably never live anywhere
else Ito was on his way In an OK team
wagon TO the Pacific coast by the Santa
70 tran In iseo. when possibilities n
making money In cattle came 20 him.
Forthwith he abandoned the emigrant
train. and has been living In Arizona
ever since. lie has been through many
Indian campaigns. and has had lights
for his life and property With Mexican
~ half.brccd outlaws that would
make hnir.raiHing narratives. All the
financial ups and downs Of frontier life
have been his. but about 1875 he proved
bis title 10 $500 acres of land about
who're he lives. and he hcttcld Gown 10
cattle fanchinR. lie has proapcrud
wonderfully. and despite the fact that
he has lost much money through iTnor-
nnee of commercial principles In his
dealings with Hhrowd purchasing agents
ior the great beef concerns Ia the West,
he has made n fortune.
For twenty years Black Jim Robinson
has net,ed an annual income Of $4,000.
while he and his family have been liv-
Ing on few hundred dollars each year.
lie has Mexican wife. whom he mar
He'd thirty years ago. and he has four
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