Bisbee daily review., 1913-02-23
PROSPECTOR IS
MAN OF PARTS
Jack Walsh Tells Of Things
He Needs Know in Or
der to Get All He
Has Coming
1T is A PROFESSION


The trouble With the average pros
pector is that he does not consider
his business as business. but rather
as a game Of chance. II ne happens
to find anything all good ana well. III
his quest FOR hidden wealth is IN
vain he throws his hands up looks
downeast and blames what he calls
his 'cussed bad luck Personally L
take prospecting as a business and go
about my work in a business like
manner"
The above came from Jack -
Walsh 63-yearold prospector who
has worked of and on in Arizona foz
more than 40 years, and who has
prospected in Africa, Australia and
all over the American continent
If the prospector win bat recognize
his business and learn his trade there
is no reason under the sun why nc
shouldn't be happy and well fed as il
following any other profession The
trouble with most prospectors is that
they know nothing of mineralogy. =
very little of geology and do not I'M
der stand the commercial value of
prospect. They leave on a prospect
ing trip with little else hut a pick, a
strip of dried bacon, and a camp XII,
trusting 10 luck that they may fall
upon something
~Jack" Walsh when on a prospect
ing trip, usually carries ali that a
man needs In the line OF comforts
and even some of the Injuries. He has
just returned from a trip in the Hua-
chuca mountains, where he has To-
Gated some good gold and silver PROC
critics. With his equipment of bur
ros he carries several tents. a good
bed and complete bedding: a folding
bath tub, cook stove and a full
equipment OF kitchen utensils RE
has everything TO eat that one MAJ
wish for, even carrying butter, eggs
and fresh vegetables. He has a com
plete outfit OF drills, hammers, powder,
machines and testing apparatus He
not only prospects for the metals but
is looking for coal. natural gas, ar
tesian water and what else that may
be turned into money. In his present
undertakings Mr.. Walsh is backed ~
the Wagners, of Topeka, Kansas, and
the -Aialones OF Wichita.
1t IS his belief that Arizona cor
tains the richest ore bodies Of any
division in the world This upon the
result Of nearly fifty years of pros
pect-ng in which he has worked in
Montana, Nevada. Dakota. Johannes
burg South Africa, Australia. Asia
and in the South American countries.
Mr.. Walsh was the locator in 1854
OF the Horseshoe, gold and silver
property in Horseshoe canyon. about
Is miles west OF Tucson. He sold his
interest TO the Huntington family In
| 1901, he located the Lucky Boy, a
gold, silver and copper property in
/ Steamboat canyon the property going
| to the ODonnoughs of Kansas. SIR.
Walsh also located the famous ex-
/ tension to the Mohawk. in GoldfieId.
Nevada in 1904, the property reve---
/ ing 70 Hays and Hendricks.
Jack Walsh was born in Curry. Wa
/ terfoTd. Ireland. So years ago on the
estate Of the present Lord Charles
| BerresforVd with whom he grew I'D
as boy. When but a young man, he
drifted to South Africa, where he
prospected for diamonds, and became
known all over that part of the world.
| From South Africa. he went to Aus
| tralia. finally coming to the United
States since when he has made oc-
| casional journeys back and forth ami
| into the southern republics. Mr.
| Walsh, was an Intimate friend of the
late Grover Cleveland; he knew the
! famous Agissiz OF Calumet and HecIa
fame. and personally knows most min.
ing men OF importance in the United
states and in the countries in which
he has worked. Although So years
old. ne stands more than feet high.
Is a healthy. powerful man, and has
never had a sick day in his life. He
has very few gray hairs is quick and
carries himself as IL he were not
more than 80.