The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-23
old AGE TAKES
RENOWNED Man
tai AT AGE OF 100
YEARS

usual character nave peer ilnked
with the history of Goldfield since
the earliest days of the town, died
this afternoon in the county hospi-
tai at the age of LOG years. He
had been in the hospital two days
and an accumulation Of years end
ed his remarkable career at a time
when he considered himself but in
the prime of life.
"Old Frank" as he was famil-
iarly known, came to Goldfield
many years ago and despite his age
he was active in many lines in sup
porting himself without the aid of
charity, something he could
be prevailed upon to accept even by
lis closest friends.
OF late, following his retirement
from a paper route, which he had
carried for many years in summer
and winter and in the worst of
storms, he has been operating a
mine" near First and Ramsey
streets and the closing days of his
career have been frightened by the
firm conviction that 1t would bring
him fortune in the near future.
He has been backed in, his min
ing venture by John F. Kunz, who.
in return for an interest in the pro-
perty, provided "Old Frank" with
{ dollar a day for his support and
to perform work in the tunnel he
had driven a short distance into a
hillside. This Is an instance of
the Independent spirit of the aged
man, as in no way could anyone give
him money unless it was in return
for something.
In past months he has had his
home in various places and has been
sinking rapidly. His feet and legs
became badly swollen and it was
apparent to those who observed
him that the end of his long career
was near. Some time ago, in an
effort to provide him with good liv-
ing quarters, Floyd Cable rented"
him a room in the First National
Bank bull ling, but "Old Frank"
lived there but a short time before
he relinquished the room, telling
Cable that, in the event of an earth
quake. he would be too far from the
ground and that he feared the
building might fall on him.
The fact that Frank Healy was
100 years of g is said by persons
who have known him for many
years to have been we'll substantial
ed and he never varied in the stories
he told of his early life and which
rroved his statements regarding his
age.
He was born on OF about Jan.
6, 1912, according to himself, on a
whaling vessel off the coast of Scot
land. His early life is indefinite,
but he engaged in the carpet bust
ness in New York with his brother
after coming to this country and
then gradually drifted west. He
said he entered what is now the
city of Milwaukee when it consist
ed of but a few log cabins and that
be was in Chicago when it was but
a small town. He came west to
the mining regions and before there
were railroads in the west SOLD
jewelry through the mining camps
of many of the f~ar-western states.
He followed boom mining camps for
many years and this led him to
Goldfield.
Although nothing definite is
known regarding his relatives, he
is known in years past to have had
letters addressed to him from New
York, supposed to have been from
a son, but he would never receive
them, stating that the Frank Healy
to whom they were addressed was
not himself.
Throughout his career here he
earned a reputation for rare ION
esty and integrity and was gener-
ally highly respected for the fact
that he was determined to make
his own way, that he considered
himself capable of doing it without
the aid OF anyone and thai as a
matter of fact, until recently, he
was independent.
AS an instance of his character
Walter Drabnick recalled this after
noon that he had many times sought
to make gifts of articles of cloth
ing to "Old Frank" but that he
would never accept anything un-
less he either returned labor or
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