The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-10-12

went TO school but three years aud thht
was on the plains of Texas. But he
WAS born with rare sagaeIly. peculiar
border shrewdneSs that reads men nj
glance and knows Il sehemer instinct
lively His chief stock IN trade Is an
Iron constitution and brayado nerve
that made him well known on the IRON
tier before he WAS 10. lie became
yauuero In Texas when he WAS Il years
old His associates have been Mexican
yaqneros. American cowboys. hardened
characters ON the border anh hali-
breed indians.
start of the Healey Fortune.
When the NayaJoes were moved by
the government 10 Southern New MeA'
leo In The latter 6os. Jim Healey ahd
other vaqueros went northward Win
little bands Of cattle aud settled ON
tracts of land close 10 the Arizona ter
ritorial line. That was the beginning
of the Healey fortune. In Few years
he had several hundred head Of steers.
Then be mud several thousand. ne
spoke the Spanish tongue as Well as ms
own and no American knew the Doroer
and I'M rude WAYS 80 well as Jim Hea-
ley did. With further sales OF ea'ue Nc
bongbt more land. So he has kept w
bnying land. trading Tor eaiue aas
water rights. occasionally dahbilhg ~
shaan aud wool until he has hecp'le
more Than millionaire,
IN Ia twenty-five years ago Heaieys
II. unnecessary expense was gam
IL, There are still tales In ancient
santa he OF the times when Jim Henley
retnrning from "A cattle drive to Trinl-
dad and Fort Dodge. used to sit ia
faro game for forty-eight hours at
stretch aud lose or win 81 900 or So 900
Al a sitting Qne night he saw the faro
dealer give n significant wink to . pro
fesslonal player alongside Healey and
from that moment he quilt the tables.
He has had his ups and downs In eat.
tie the same as all other cattlemen. In
the great freeze OF 1878 he lost the
greater part OF a herd that represented
some SizJ.000. At another Time he lost
over $50. 900 worth Of cattle by reason
Oh lung piakht an" tii' i'AaH fdih'
fever.
The fearful depreciation In cattle and
ranges. which set In at about 1890 aud
eliminated In 1896. ruined many cat
tleman. but Healey not only hung 10
his herds and sold his cattle at little or
no profit for SIX or seven successive
years. but he added 10 his range by
purchase Of land from discouraged men
who aba rd0ned The Industry. For three
years he has been selling his steers
at topnoteh prices and he Is the fore
most eattleman in New Mexico.
Rich In Copper Property.
The present marvellous boom IN cop
per has also added 10 Healey's riches.
Twenty years ago when be was In HI
paso. Texas, With herd NJ cattle he
met an old companion OF his youth an
The Texas border The old friend had
turned prospeetOr and had been among
the Dragon mountains In Southern
Arizona. Among the mineral proper
Ties he had located was copper claim,
the Ranger by name. Healey IL seldom
TOUCHED by the senumentality Of friend
ship, bpt this Time his friend told such
tale OF distress thai Healey gave him
outright $500 for twO-thlrds OF the con
per claim. Al different times Healey
was persuaded to put 5000 aud 5000
more 10 hold bis share Of the property
legally intact. in 1892 the mine began
10 pay, aud when Healey got ST 900 for
one third the mine, be thought his re-
naming third was worth holding.
When copper rose 10 II cents pound
~ 1897 Healey got some 900 month
from the Hanger and since copper has
rsen TO IS aud 10 cents, be has had be-
tween $1,000 and $500 month profit
from H.
His yaqueros say they believe the
millionaire must be made OF steel. He
has been a physiological steam engine
for over thirty-hye years. He literally
knows no rsst. He usually sleeps less