Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-23

Of man that he is, and that he
should be treated as such,
THE GENESIS OF A MILLIONAIRE.
Tell me something about yourself
as a laborer, Mr. Walsh, / understand
you have done considerable work with
your hands2'
"Yes. have" replied the mining mil
llonaire. MY success, such as II Is. mas
come from hard work, allied TO my ma
tuIol ability I'm discovering ana testing
the precious metals have been en-
gagged IN this occupation for many
years and have Travelled all over the
Rocky Mountaiu region again and
again, exploring mining properties, and
now and then investing IN them
"loW ala you start mining2' ! asked.
"l have always been more or less iu-
terested IN geology, and as look back
over my life II seems 20 me es though
my fate was carly east In this direc-
ton. My father WAS % farmer In Tips
pefary county. ireland. ] was born
there about i3 years ago, ana was edu-
Gated lu the common Schools Ii WIS
the custom 10 send the teachers 10 Dub
lin every yelg on "a for "a course or
normal training; and once 1 remember
our teacher brought back a chunk Of
granite The country about rs was all
limestone, and this granite was a great
curiosity. VITA That began my first
study Ut stones and perhaps my hrst
step toward mining.
shortly after that my father appren-
tccd me 10 a mlllwnght and thereby
nut me up another step, although at the
time It was thought I was making a
descent IN the social scale. You see, the
farmer In Ireland considers himself
above the mechanic, clerk or trades
man. Had / remained on the farm /
might have come TO the United states,
but It WOuld have been as q farmer
without any mechanical knowledge, and
| should be 10 better Off today, per-
haps. than thousands Of poor Irish
farmers In different parts Of the United
states. BY making me q millwright l
was forced to learn all about building
mills and hanging mlllstoncs, knpWl-
edge which became very valuable When
/ had TO construct works for operating
mines worked with the mlllwrlght
employer for four years and then cross
ed the Atlantic
sHINGLING HOUSES IN MASsA-
CHUSETTS,
"fIow did you happen to come here?"
"The time was just after the close Of
the Civil war" said Mr.. Walsh. IRE
land had many men in the Union army,
and the whole country was little more
than county of the United States
had brothers In the army, and we read
the newspaper reports Of the battles
got the American fever at a very early
age and at 10 crossed the Atlantic TO
Massachusetts. My first work was as a
carpenter. and much Of 1t was shingling
houses. This was new to me, as we
have no shinglIng In Ireland, using
slate and other materials for roofing.
II was easy to learn, however and
had no trouble | stayed there two
years working for $3.50 or 81 day.
That seemed lot Of money to me
then"
How did you come TO leave Massa-
chusetts2'
1T was through one Of my brothers
who had been In the Union army. lie
went to Colorado at the close OF the
war, and wrote me to come out there as
a builder and contractor. ] did very
we'll at that and built more or less after
I began to dabbe In mines. one OF my
most successful buildings was a big
hotel at Leadville. Colo. | butt also IN
the Black Hills region, where | went
to prospect for gold
PROSPECTING FOR GOLD.
what kind OF a prospector are you,
Mr. Walsh2" l asked,
81 have never been a prospector In