Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-10
THE PASSING OF THOMAS F. WALSH

The death of Thomas F. Walsh, the well known mining man, will cast deep shadow of sorrow in every locality where the precious metal miner may have taken up abode. MT. Walsh was not only king among mining men, but a king among the better classes of all men. His worth was not to be measured by the i'm mense size of the fortune he had accumulated during his lifetime, further than the good uses which he made of his money and the sunshine it brought where shadows and clouds had cast their gloom and accompanying misery. His death has removed from the world an unusual figure and the sombre of the bier of this after noon will bring gloom to many home where the warmth of Mir. Walsh's generosity in the past has brought comfort.
 To the mining world, in the common accept ance of the term, the loss will be keenly felt, as MT. Walsh had great faith in the mineral wealth of the country and stood ready at all times with money and unquestioned ability to assist in the development of the country's mineral wealth. But in this regrettable death, the working miner, the man underground with the uncertain tallow dip lighting the way of the pick drill and shovel to fortune or to disappointment, the loss is still greater. In comparative poverty Mir. Walsh was a friend to the miners in great wealth he was not only tolls friend but the champion and advocate of labor's full rights. It was not change of heart after wealth was his and he could affold to be liberal, but it was wealth that made possible the bursting of the bud into the full and fragrant rose of righteousness, justice and love.
 When the miners of Colorado lined up to bat tie for the eight-hour day, Thomas F. Walsh, then great mine owner and the employer of hundreds of men, insisted that the eighthour day be granted, and by the aid of his great wealth and influence it was granted and the eight hour working day-not alone to the miner, but to workers in all callings, stands as law in many of the states of the union.
 This feeling for the rights and comforts of labor did not start nor stop in the eight-hOur day innovation Mir. Walsh always had care for the comforts of the employed. After open ing his great Camp Bird mine in Ouray, Colo rado, he erected for the use of his men, not a boarding nor bunk house, but paatial hotel-l steam heated, electric lighted carpeted rooms provided with good beds, a fine billiard and pool hall, reading and writing rooms, private baths and what not that you would expect to find in first-class hostelry; and the cost of lv ing at the Camp Bird was no greater than at the mines where the accommodations for men were of questionable nature. The family of work man who met with accident or death in the Walsh mines was never permitted to suffer- the little fatherless tots received the same bright toys-maybe on a more elaborate scale-than before the father was taken there was a home for the widow and a substantial guarantee against suffering. The Walsh gifts were heart gifts-there was total absence of show or os- tentation and the great majority of his phiIan- thropes will never be known only to the bene- fciaries
 Prior to fifteen years ago Mr. Walsh was humble prospector, searching the romantic mountains of the silvery San Juan for the hid den treasure In conjunction, and perhaps as an aid to this quest, he operated a small assay office in the little town of Silverton One after noon an old prospector entered his office with a sack of ore upon which he wished test In run ming over the pieces of rock NIr. Walsh discov- cred some carrying rich gold values. An assay showed something like $40O in gold. When the old prospector returned he was given the report, but expressed a lack of confidence in the possi-l