Thomas F. Walsh : progressive businessman and Colorado mining tycoon / John C. Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stewart, John C., 1947-

Series:

Mining the American West

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walsh, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1850-1910.

Walsh, Thomas F.

Businessmen--United States--Biography.

Businessmen.

Gold mines and mining.

History.

United States.

Colorado.

Colorado--Gold discoveries.

Gold mines and mining--Colorado--History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 230 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction: In Search of Tom Walsh 1

Chapter 1 Origins in Ireland 5

A Childhood with Few Advantages 7

Education and Training 8

Thoughts of Leaving 9

Chapter 2 To America and the West 11

A Supportive Family in Worcester 11

Railroads and Gold in Colorado Territory 13

Poet, Reporter, Carpenter, and Miner in the Black Hills 15

A Learning Experience 19

Chapter 3 Life in the Silver Boomtown of Leadville 23

Proprietor of the Grand Hotel 23

Marriage Presents a Religious Dilemma 24

Social Strata of a Frontier Town 27

Full-Time Mining 29

Chapter 4 Denver, Smelting, and the Silver Crash 33

Promoter, Investor, and Family Man 33

Smelting in the Ten Mile District 36

The Silver Crash Brings Economic Devastation 38

Chapter 5 A Bonanza in the Snowy San Juans 41

Removing the Ute Indians 41

The Town of Ouray and the Imogene Basin 43

A Troubled Start for Walsh in Ouray 48

Daughter, I've Struck It Rich 51

Chapter 6 The Fabulous Camp Bird Mine 55

A Mine Named for a Gray Jay 55

A New Mill and a Long Aerial Tramway 59

The Greatest Gold Mine in the World 61

A Rags-to-Riches Myth 63

Chapter 7 Walsh on Labor 65

Caring for a Diverse Workforce 65

An Island in a Stormy Sea of Strikes 68

Ideas Unlike Those of Many of His Peers 71

Labor on Walsh 73

Chapter 8 What to Do with Millions of Dollars 75

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh Invite You to Be Their Guest 75

Move to Washington 77

Entering the Most Exclusive Ranks of Polite Society 79

A Candidate for Higher Office 81

Chapter 9 A Prominent Member of National Society 83

The Greatest American in Paris 83

Promoter of the West 87

The President's Mining Adviser 88

A Spokesman for Progressive Ideas 91

Chapter 10 The Price of Affluence 95

Keeping Blackmailers at Bay 95

Betrayal by an Old Friend 98

Chapter 11 The Walsh Palace 103

Expectation for Conspicuous Consumption 103

Some Famous Neighbors 105

Entertaining the Elite in a Legendary Mansion 107

Chapter 12 A King for a Friend 111

A Personal Empire in Africa 111

To Be a King's Partner 116

Chapter 13 Selling the Camp Bird Mine 119

Advice of a Famous Engineer 119

Investing a Fortune 122

Chapter 14 Death, and a Return to Colorado 127

Vinson 127

Wolhurst Becomes Clonmel 132

A Senator for the Common Man? 135

Chapter 15 Family and Country 139

A Honeymoon to Remember 139

Helping Family on Both Sides of the Atlantic 143

A Public-Spirited Citizen and Patron 148

Chapter 16 The Passing of Thomas F. Walsh 151

The Golden Cradle 151

Last Illness 154

He Had Oppressed Not One Single Soul in the Attainment 155

Would He Remember Colorado? 157

Chapter 17 The Walsh Family and the Walsh Mine 161

Carrie 161

Evalyn, Ned, and a Large Blue Diamond 163

The Camp Bird After Walsh 171

Conclusion: The Legacy of Thomas F. Walsh 175

Appendix B Geology of the Camp Bird Mine 183

Appendix C Walsh Family Tree 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-220) and index.

ISBN:

9780870818707

0870818708

OCLC:

85822496