The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24

built also in the Black Hills region, where went to prospect for gold"
 PrOsHecting for Gold.
 ''What kind of prospector are you, MT. Walsh?" I asked.
 q have never been a prospector in the ordinary sense of the word," was the reply. T mean. I have never trav- eled over the country with a pick on my back digging about here and there to find gold. I have examined many mining properties and have investigat- ed much new mining country, but it has always been on horseback and by train. have done but, little of the, dirty work of mining. Shortly after went to Colorado I began to study geology. mineralogy and metallurgy, from a practical standpoint. l soon found that had a natural ability-an intuitive perception, you might call it-as to the values of ore in the rock. The Lord gave me this, and I take no credit for it. It enables me, however, to tell a good thing when l see 1t; and my mining experiences are made up of the hunt for good things and investing in them. In my prospecting have never asked to whom the mines belonged. I have gone in and tested them, and if thought they were good investments I have bought them and developed them. AS a result l have been very successful"
 Then your fortune was not made in a minute, MT. Walsh?'
 No l have met with success and failure, but as q rule have gone on steadily, doing better and better Eigh- teen years ago I had made enough to retire, and in fact had left the West and come East to live. l had then an income of about s15,000 year, which at that time seemed to me enough for any man. Then the panic came on and my fortune was lost. As a result 1 went back to mining. I have succeeded very well since then. I consider mining my business, and expect to keep at it fot years to come"
 A Modest Millionaire.
 As MT. Walsh thus modestly spoke my mind went over the stories which are current as to his vast mining prop ties. his lavish expenditures here and in Paris and his enormous income The house in which we were sitting is said to have cost a million dollars. It has been reported that he once refused $35,000.0 900 for the Camp Bird mine, which is only one of his properties. and have heard his income estimated at from $100,000 to $1,000,000 per month
 
 me to touch upon in my conversation with him. MT. Walsh is one of the most transformations men I have ever met, and he is, 1 venture as simple and plain in his manners now as he was when he shingled houses near Boston at S4 per day. He is a man of fine mind and good education; although the same has been acquired in the college of ex- perience and private study rather than in classical university He talks slowly, but very interestingly, and in mining matters as scientifically as a mining engineer. He is a mining en- gineer. being a member of the Ameri- can Association of Engineers and also president of the Irrigation Association of America. You might talk to him for hours. and If you did not know him you would not learn from him that he had made millions in mines, that he Is one of the richdst men of the country, that he has hobnobbed with kings in Europe. and that he has by all odds the finest mansion at the capital of the United States.
 Mining as . Business. What kind of business is mining. MT. Walsh?" said I. continuing the con versation.
 Tt Is one of the best of businesses" said this man who has made millions out of it. Tt Is an honest business and a clean business. In it you do not have to cut your neighbours throat nor fight with him, making, it is possible. your success out of his ruin. The suc- cessful miner is always adding to the wealth of the country. He takes the treasures out of the ground and dis tributes them for the good of mankind. I am glad to have it as my business :" How about the chances of success ?'' I asked.
 T think they are greater than in al-