The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-04-14
F. WALSH
DIES At CAPITAL
LIFE OF MULTIMILLi0NAIRE MIN
ING MAN ENDS FRIDAY NIGHT
IN WASHINGTON.
ONCE KING LEOPOLO'S PARTNER
From Poverty, He Won Wealth and
Fame as Entertainer Among Roy
atty of the World.
LOCATES BONANZA IN LEADVILLE.

WASHINGTON, -. c., April o
Thomas f. Walsh, Colorado multimillon-
nire mining man. died al his residences
here Friday night after long illness
Mr.. Walsh was stricken with his last
illness while in the southwest. where he
went IN search of health
Accompanied by physicians and nurses.
he won race against death on Il fast
train which speeded to Washington
where he FASTENED to fulfill his last de-
Src-tp see his infant sraulchiM, known
rs the million dollar baby" because of
Mr.. WaIsh's birthday gift
For a short time after his arrival here
bis health seemed improved
Life Story Like Romance.
The story of Mr.. WaIshs life is Ike
mother Arabian Nights" tame Like
HE late Mr.. Mackay and the Duke Of
Wellington. he W." OF Irish birth, was
| born in Iippcrary. in 1891. reached
" Worcester. Mass. as a WheclWright at
The age of IS. tried his uaud AZ sewer
contracts and made money. went to the
Black hills after Clusters gold report
u 1873. made 100000 there aud hast
ancd to Leudville when the discovery of
carbonate silver ores created Il panic OF
10y through the west
Willie at Dcadwood and other places
IN the Black hills Mr.. Walsh began the
practice of grub stalking miners, which
led to his fortune When u pru~prctor
ran out of provisions he gave him the
necessary supplies, taking Il share of the
mines for his pay Ia this way he was
almost sure TO find himself part owner
# now and then n valuable property AT
,hc end of the season.
Master Stroke of Ventures.
Then came his master stroke in min
ing ventures. Going oHtsidr the Lead
vile district to the lofty mountain region
If san Juan, where the camOuS are stu
pondous, the peaks of Alpine proper
/ tons. and avalanchcS working havoc
with mines every year. ne made the town
of Ouray, nesting in the heart of the
Rockies his headquarters for the San
Juan district.
Seeing some ores from mines at an aIti-
I tudc of l2.OpD feet, he was greatly i'm
pressed with their richness. Experts
warned him that practical mining could
not be done on the mountain tops.
Locates Bonanza
/ Selecting samples. Walsh had them as
4 .ayed and found bonanza in prospect.
He bought adjoining properties ANA kept
his men busy prospecting and buying I'M
til he had large mining territory abso-
/ lutely his own.
For years il had been his ambition to
bc the only owner of a group of mJurs.
Now he WAS master of the situation H
ordered expensive machinery ON n large
/ scale. erected smelters for reducing ores.
and proceeded Systematically to develop
| his mine such was the beginning Of
| Camp Bird and its millions.
Mr.. Walsh was appointed commissions
or from Colorado to the Paris exposition
! in 1899. There he began series of en-
/ tcrtanments that were tlc talk of En-
/ rope He chartered Il steamboat on the
/ River Seine, turned il into "A noatIn.
/ palace. and gave n $40 900 diunor v.ith
/ distinguished men as his guests MS
wines could not be surpassed. The music
was furnished by artists from the grand
| opera After this extraordinary feast.
ut which Americans were entertained in
a manner unhrard Of Mr. Walsh with
his family and friends chartered n t.,In
of five palace cars. mNuriuIIsh nltrI nm
! with fine silks and darnrotioIiy ,,,,I an
the steamer for tho bauuIpt and L,.,.n
tour Of France and Belgium.
The EuroprYn pnlrnt,tns ,Iy.,,.y ,,,.~,
or less short i'm tIrir cash accounts Lo,n
been profoundly Interested i'm Tho CnI-
orado millionaire. movements II .,u,.
rarr thr Igtc ILiuu InnnnlI nf pnt.,i,I,,,
/ moi Mr. Walsh M o-tond mi ,i,. IN
a Grand dinner nj IIofcI Eitg ~ 5yr,.h
/ the Cars baud rlavcd and tLn ,,,,gt
singers of Paris were hoard In tLn
course Of mis- cntortoirn1nnt ,Lo r,',,,,,,
satiou naturally turned ~ finance
The Kim G,iI Ln u,as m,ni,in,, ,.,l,,
ohout Z nor com an his ,n,,nstI,,,.,,,'
I MIR Walsh soid Ln ALWAYS yyos g,,,n ,f
/ 10 per cont ON his inynstrn"nts fr,,,,
100 TO POO Der cent was moro nr,,,rotn
/ lie probably did not want to n,r,,i,ln
/ the King nj ono sitting, and So mI,t In,
profits Mt 10 per cent. i''' ',''
Il mo-, la. min. l., A., -, -
| Walsh inycstigatr and doveIon in ,,nnj
| American styIc. While AR Wai.l Li5
not 90 there himself he nnforoJ INA =
business arrangement win tbo KIM and
! sent trusted eypcrts to "sizn me- tbn
mines and their value. So il w1s tLot