The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-30
LUCK IN MINING VENTURES
FORTUNE KNOCkED TWICE ar
THOuiS =. WALSHS noon.
Refused n share Onre In the Rich Home
stake Mine IiIs Nv IN story % the Dts
cOVery oG the Camp iBird Mistakes
of some Experienced MIninE Nrn.

denver. oct % Fortune missed a.
well "a treasure troye entered into the
life story OF the late Thomas I. Walsh.
4 II opportunity always failed to call "A
second time on the same individual Mr..
Walsh would have died a poor man.
Long before he acquired the Camp Bi-a
mine he lat millions slip through his
4 fingers. n he had not been giIided hy tl"
| advice Of certain mining men he Woald
have hec"m" hall owner of The IIymestg hc.
which IL nov rated among th" grrat suii
/ mine, Of the world
! An account of ~. incident is contained
: IN an address made by Mr. Walsh 10 the
students ~ the Colorado State School
Of Mines. \ copy 81 the 'ddr,-~t was '"ir
recently Hith ~" STAT" Ena~,ipf i'nmIr.I-
ton 10y In Ni,J.rt. Ald..rsou. he rrr b.
dent - tT" school Although printed ~
p 90" Sriool n. Mine QSor',riy ~ has never
/ had % general circulation. and b, include,
much tha' will L." new even - m" pr.
souil friends 81 VIZ VA.
In W" fan aud winter uf i.75.~ he -lid.
. / VA, "ugI g,-i 10 hoU-r huildiuis ia Deln-
wood On" dav Smoky Tones. -" dr.
4 coy"rcr "r IN" great Hnm,stlso miu"
came 10 nav shop and asked ulr To do some
rriting rob for htm. His clothes w-r"
Old md worn. his hair and tong h"lrd uu-
romr"d and fralrl,d, h,, face. and HANDS
W"r" strangers 10 soap and water. va fact.
p" Looked IA her s'.'''iv all round.
4 liked him from the hrst. for 7 felt
+ that beneath this outer garb of shahh-
ness Their" dvet a charming and lovabl.
personality. II was about lunch time
asked him 20 come and take luncheon with
I -.
he accepted with reluctance W. b..-
4 came quite we'll acquainted during ID"
meal. and on his leaving | told him 70
come aud see me Whenever he came To-
town
lie often came. and I saw 10 II that he
never hit the trai, beck a. the lov- used
10 say, without first having a good meal
lie brought me specimens from'his pros
pect, told m" al about It aud one dav
proposed that become lis partner aud
h"ip hm develop ~ told him ! knew
nothing ~ mining. bat would consult
nv friends "a Colorado. which | did a
short Tim" after
-Itold them OF Smnky's offer and asked
them To- advise mr They I'D IN, - hrv"
nothing - do with IL that % wa- in slate
formation and was only "a freak. that NO
Illlf t'Nllltl tR' ttlltlf n ltfNltE " y "
that wa- not "A true f-sur. vein IN granite
trn" assure vein in granite HpS we'll
do | rrm"inb.r " rth = ha' ora"uldr v isdom
fhp-" words ser. SPOKEN. they cling -
NV memory 10 this very dny
They went IN and described how b.
should hav" a quart pay streak WI'h a
porphvry and quart filling; they limited
m" dip and angle It should have. they
1 "A. 4
wa put into ". and ,ndrd ~ saving that
no mine could b" a min" that Wa not
huiI' ON IT," exact lines 81 those in OiIpln
county Having had no experience. /
looked upon them a. urac,"s. and won
d"r"d " here they got all their learning
-i,.-,uly disappointed I'D smoky ruv
friends ad, .r.d me- not 10 Accept hr-
generous ofsr Tn" false. narrow and
pp- I've ideas that were generally 'gt,r-
tanned u that time by Colorado mining
men IN matters relating 80 mining kept
rh"m from acquiring -rnr'" On" ~ m"
great BLACK Hills properties. although
numbers 81 them yvcr" among d." tir.,' m
~" ground and kept mo from being Tho
half oauc- ~ IA" hnm",tNk". one II the
worlds greatest gold mines
By tn" time Mr. Walsh ra1ched Lead
HlIF' flTIfG Ill'' f'N'lIs'ffH.fI lf1l'flN W y
M" discovery If silver ia Ih" head car
donates Il that famous mining camp he
had made progress IN ability 10 racpg
mn" tn" opportunities h." encountered
and had begun 10 aCJuIr" the equipment
for q successful career IN mining az
On" of his experiences AZ this tim" b" sppk"
a. follows
~Did you ever hear Of mine bcing dis
covered on the roof q HOUSE; NO.
Well. | once discovered one on the roof
of a log cabin.
, In iSSO was Interested in properties
in the Frying Pan district west ~ Lead
vile ! vas stopping a few days at our
mine wishing 10 take a look over a nearhv
! hill that ] had not examined | started
cut one morning with my prospecting
pick and gun. Why carried a gun
crunot now recall. for ! had long'befpro
realized the brutality II killing birds and
animals However. I had tho gun. and II
played it, part IN what followed
: Along about ~ o'clock | was near a
miners log cabin that had he"n ahnn-
> doned, and thinking II was aho'ft time
! 20 have "a smoke went over To- the cabin
: and 81 tn" gun down with the barrel
> between the poles ~ the roof without
that gun ! should not have gone near
enough Ia tn" cabin to motto" what wls
iher'
Looking At tho dirt covered roof after
? lighting my cigar | saw that - had part
Giles ~ quartz all through II and that u
WIS bNety vein matter. ] tried 90 find
1 the vein. bat could see no trnc" ~ II
y but found near by q shaft sunk IN decom-
, posed granite absolutely barren. The
, hole NJ thu end ~ the cabin from which
tho dirt was taken was covered with
y debris and There was no quartz Of
p other mineral indications ~ no soon
I Finally went inside the cabin Hero
7 noticed tho floor WINS made uneven bv
4 chunks - uartly exposed rock. I soon
had my littl" PICK ut work. broke on
corners Of IN" rock and found that u
r wis MIC" looking punrtz. Immediately
, siZ.'d NJ ih" situation. which after do
v"lYpm"nt proved Ia D." correct The
mon who mad" IN" lncltipn Luilt ~,
cabin -ruar" on h ara ~ ~" vein
covered ia" roof with dirt from tho v"ir
and wont 81 foot away 10 sink their shan
. in barren granite.
-TriI" "a my FIRST find 7 went hack ~
tn roof and took my samples from "
nEsav"i Thorn ard got ro'urns 81 over A
hundred ounces IN silver 20 IN" ton TAX,
ing chunCes IN NV own Judgment h"flrs
doing any work on M ol.im. found 'hs
owners. paid their price. pu' two mon ~
. work and ~ two wr'ka hid = fin" vein
uncovered THIS claim noted mo IN two
months over s7j, 90 IN" mine has bo"r
. q larg" producer and ~ producing TO- ay
, What y queer place in which ~ find or.
portunitv awaiting m" that beautiful