The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-23
HAS RICHES GALORE
YET LIVES SIMPLY
Owns Big Mines, Gives Liberal.
Iy, His Home Cabin and
Cooks His Own Meals

ST. JOSEPH Mo-; June 22.-The own
er of four of the best paying mines in
Chloride valley, of Mojave county, Ariz.,
Patrick Driscoll, has an income of $780,
600 year, and yet he spends no more
than $50 a month for his personal COM
fort.
Many generous gifts, however, have
come from the Driscoll bank account to
poor miners and their suffering families.
Driscon is supposed to be worth be-
tween $1,200,000 and $1,000, 900. His in
come from his mines is Sc, 600 month,
and he draws about SIS, 900 a year divi-
dends on railroad stock In which he in
vested in the earlier days. He has no
relatives as far as he knows.
The old miner had experienced all the
prospector's poverty and hardships I'M
til he was past middle age, when he
drifted down to the Calico mines, in San
Bernardino county, California, in 1881.
There he found mine which he sold for
SIS, 900. This gave him his first capital
to deal in mining on his own account
From Calico he went to Arizona, and
in two years located a base ore mine
Of silver, gold and lead in. combination.
The Diana and Antrim mines became his.
He invested his profits in the Harqua
Hala mines and doubled his wealth in a
few years. From that time he has been
prospering to degree undreamed of by
him.
His Own Housekeeper
He has never changed his manner of
living. He is over sixty and in fine
health. Every day he may be seen walk
ing about the little town of Kingman or
over to Williams, where he has lumber
interests. He lives alone in cabin
cooks his own meals-of f1apjacks, pork
bacon and oatmeal-and sleeps in a bunk
of redwood filed with straw and covered
with blankets. Once a year he goes to
Phoenix or Los Angeles for a few days
but he always returns to his cabin, say
ing that he will never take so long a
journey again. His sole amusement is
playing pedro for scent cigars, and if
he can win a pocketful in the course OF
an afternoon he is happy. He has never
been known to stand the loss of more
than half dozen cigars in the course of
his pedro gambling in one day, for he will
quit when the tide of luck is running SO
hard against him.
Among the many stories told of Dris-
coll in the northern part Of the territory
is one of the time he bet "a half on an
election and lost When he was told that
he must pay, he got a penny somewhere
in that region where coins less than a
nickel are never used, and splitting it in
half with an ak, presented it to the win
ner of the wager in full payment of his
bet of "a half
A year ago, when a miners eyes were
blown out in blasting operations at Cliff
ton, Driscoll made quiet inquiries con-
corning the man. When he learned that
a wife and six children were dependent
upon the blinded mans wages, the old
fellow sent bank check for SIS, geo to the
family, and the gift was kept so secret
that it did not become known until sew
eral months later. Several times the
bodies of Driseolrs poor friends in the
mines have been sent to relatives in the
Eastern states and even to Ireland, at
his expense.
When the worlds fair was opened in
Chicago Driscoll made up his mind to go
to see it. but subsequently gave up the
idea. saying that he could not afford
SO expensive tour.