New-York tribune., 1901-02-14
THE PASSING THRONG.

Il have been frequently asked since came East"
said r A sparks OF Butte. Mont. at the Waldorf
Astoria yesterday. who and what
HEINZkS He,nze Is. Who Is this Heinze
RoCkETLIkE concerning whom there is SO much
CAREER filling the dispatcbes~ "a Oh. uarat
form Of inquiry. F. Tor Fang
his friends call him) Augustus Heinze Is a young
man of German descent. who has become possessed
OF some of the most valuable properties IN the
Butte camp decade ago Heinze. fresh from col
leGe, arrived in Butte and entered the employ of
Marcus DAILY. He had magnificent brain acute
powers OF observation and iron will. To his
natural advantages he had added superb education
He was graduated from the School OF Mines CT
Columbia University in the class of SO and then
took a scientific course In Germany. Heinze served
paly for iinne. during which he made thorough
study OF the Butte copper mines and the result
or his investigations came to the conclusion that
and tbst ,br ~ w. to LII EUigeI niagnate there
about which could be had for the asking His plans
but the capital side of his account represented
oy series OF eiphers Money was vital necessity.
what he was 20 accomplish. and his departure was
on The Mining and Engineering Journal but final
ly getting together sufficient morey for starter he
present great Montana Ore Purchasing to@panS
some money, and with this and other capital he
could control he bought various mines. of which
oW6ers as worked oa Hense 6o%sver se uneaqRs
Tet bodies d o. fo ore n q them with which TO feed his
rr3-day he is power tn Butte and very rich man.
formed Henze was not taken in and, as was TO be
expected the two interests soon were loggeTheads
Which s still raging found it's way into the h
Gdpaign and Il is this that has given Heinze such
Clark was successful and through il his name has
the wonderful Of this young man m who Gpef has Is
yet to pass the thirtysecond milestone on his road
The far NoTthwester9 states and in British coiunn-
bia but II is only within the twelvemonth that ne
become Known
"Heinze has not confined himself wholly to Butte
in his operations, continued Mr.. Sparks for at
one time he made a dash into Brit
HE FOOLS ish Columbia, where he built a rail-
THE CANA road and opened up a mineral coun-
DIAN try. 1t is too much of story to
PACIFIC reteu now. but the long and short
was Henze caught the Canadian
Pacific mapping. The road he built was vitality
necessary TO the Canadian Pacific. and HeInze made
them pay through the to get it, Besides iobbing
them for a great sum in cash. he hung on TO some
five hundred thousand of mineral lands which
he had received for building the line. This land he
still owns. Canada went wild about it, and the
newspapers there teemed with stories Of Heinze,
who was then about twenty-ni years old. The
newspapers all commented on his youth. and IL was
this that led Hector McCrea a famous character Of
resume of Henze u5 10 tSa gerio
MI Heinze.' Mr.. McCreas biography runs, is a
child of thirty with nothing but his eagle eye and
HG Pds96 eea egrd h aba
developed into copper bottomed world beaters.
Ten years later. and when still only thirty. he
purchased an abandoned provincial Legislature. and
incidentally some cash and land subsidies. He built
in British Columbia a railroad TO the Canadian
Pacific the same length his age. which the latter
was forced 10 purchase in order TO maintain their
grip on the tranSCOntnentat trade of the country.
-Four years later. and when still but thirty, he
kicked the koOtenay dust off hts khakis and re-
turned with additional wealth to the Mecca OF the
copper kings (Butte). where he acquired another
abandoned Legislature. electing one W. A. Clark
TO the Senate of the United States with his sunny
hoyish ways and 100000 Of the other mans coppers
/ ia ted both IN
the bench and jury, he proceeded to attack the
Amalgamated Copper Company. and he Is at
them with hammer and pen May this boy wonder
still thirty years OF age never grow older is the
earnest wish of Marcus DAILY and his associates.