Arizona republican., 1902-09-02

other of those Arabian Nights tales which is on record and true. Like the iate MT. Mackay and the duke of Vel ington, he is Of Irish birth, was born n Tipperary in 1851. reached Worces- ter Mass, as a wheelwright a the age of IS, tried his hand at sewer contract .ng and made money, went to the Black hills after Casters geld report iii S73. made $10OO00 there and hastened to Leadville when the discovery Of car )onate silver ores created q panic of .oy through the west.
 While at Readwood and other places n the Black hills Mir. Walsh began the practice of grub stalking" miners, which led to his fortune When pros oector ran out Of provisions he gave lim the necessary supplies, taking a share of the mines for his pay. In this way he was almost sure to find himself part owner of now and then valuable property at the end of the season.
 Reaching Leadvilie with considerable readySnoney, he opened the Grand Cen .ral hotel. It proved q bonanza and en- lbled him to get control of good mines
 n a few years he was rich and happy. 4e had invested in important proper ties and become an authority on mining md particularly on the new ores being discovered from time to time.
 Then came his master stroke in min ing ventures. Going outside the Lead vile district to the lofty mountain re- zion Of San Juan, where the canyons Ire stpdendous, the peaks of Alpine proportions and avalanches working IaLJc with mines every year, he made she town of Ouray, uestiing in the hear' jf the Rockies, his headquarters for the San Juan district. Seeing some ores rom mines at an altitude of l2,OOO feet le was greatly impressed with theiI ichness. Experts warned him that 1 practical mining could not be done on he mountain tops; that already for tunes had been squandered on similar projects, and besides aValanches, ol now slides, as they are called there would eventually sweep away houses | md machinery and fill up shafts and | nines.
 l So much snow was then massed over l he old mines Lat it was year or two | m melting. Finally he got into tht | mines and was shown where the riches samples came from. but he insisted ol ! looking around for himself. and in [ ] discarded portion of the mine he saw
 Jn the neighboring wall evidences o
 .-ich ore which the experts declaref
 worthless. He was struck with it's ap l 1earance-dar5 spots and markings Ol
 white rock
 Selecting samples. he had them as | ;aycd and found d bonanza in prospect .Ic bought adjoining properties an' kept his men busy prospecting an' l buying until he had d large territor! l absolutely his own.
 For years it had been his ambition l.
 oe the only owner of a group of mines | Now he was master of the situation II | ordered expensive machinery on q lars scale. erected smelters for reducing | ores and proceeded systematically l. 1 develop his mines Such is the begin
 hing of Camp Bird and its millions.
 Mir Walsh is now famous man O | the world It came about in this way
 He was appointed commissioner fror ! Colorado to the Paris exposition in 1S9s
 There he began series of entertain
 ments that were the talk Of Europe
 He chartered steamboat on the Rive
 Seine. turned it into q floating palac
 and gave a $i0.000 dinner. with distiu
 guishcd men as his guests. His wine
 could not he surpassed. The must
 was furnished by artists from tn
 grand opera. After this eNtraordinar
 feast at which Americans were enter
 tained in manner unhe7rd of. M
 Walsh with his family and friends
 chartered a train of five palace .car
 Iuxuriously fitted up with the silks an
 decorations used on the steamer for tn
 banquet. and began a tour of Franc
 and Belgium.
 The European potentates, who al
 always more or less short in their cas accounts, have been profoundly inter
 ested in the Colorado millionaire movements At any rate. King Lee
 bold of Belgium met MT. Walsh { l Ostend and they had q grand dinn' at Hotel Ritz. at which the czar's ban . played and the great singers Of Par were heard In-the course of this ei r tertaiument the converse ton naturall turned to finance.
 : The King said he was making on
 about per cent on his investment ; Mr Walsh in an easy, graceful mai