Show PROMINENT IDAHO MINER IS DEAD james A callahan wealthy mining man of the coeur dalene district of idaho died at wallace idaho on the he suffered a stroke of paralysis at his home and never recovered consciousness mr callahan was the principal stockholder in the callahan zinc lead company which paid more than dividends in one year during the war only recently mr callahan suffered a loss through alleged bond forgeries of two spokane business men john and jay E hough who entered a suicide pact killing himself the trial of hough was a sensation in spokane and ended with conviction of the defendant and a penitentiary sentence the strain in connection with this trial is believed to have had an influence in bringing on mr callahans callahand Call ahans attack the career of the pioneer mining mart man is picturesque cowboy buffalo hunter prospector and a farsighted far sighted business man he was one of the principal figures in the growth and development of north idaho he discovered the interstate callahan group of ore deposits in 1885 f for twenty years he worked this property in his later years he has been identified with the many business ventures in this section in addition to his mining interests mr callahan was born in galena ill in 1858 he is is said to have located more mining claims in the coeur dalene dabene district aib than any other one man |