Show OAT COUCH DEAD fOe f-Oe of BestKnown Mining Men in the West Passe Away TRIBUNE SPECIAL San Francisco Feb GCapt Thomas Couch dliH last night at the homeopathic sanitarium here Ills son haa taken tho romalnn to Great Falls Mont for Interment Inter-ment While his lllnes was regarded as serious and requiring close attention tho end was entirely unexpected last night Two hours before ho died hospital people announced that ho had had a bad day but that no directly serious consequence wero expected Capt Couch has for years been Idcnll lIed with tho management of tho great Anaconda properties and later with tho MaripOsa mines Ho retired from the management of the latter several years ago and engaged In dredging hear Oro ViI where developed a big enterprise enter-prise which Is at present one of tho best paying In the State He was n native of natvo Cornwall England and M years of age Ho Is believed to have left n estate valued In the neighborhood 0 J5COOOO When the Boston and Montana Mining company first began operations In Butte Mont Mr Couch was selected l to manage Its affairs a position he held for several years The building of tho smelter nt Great Falls Mont was also tho result of tho Captains energy his Judgment In tho matter of selecting tho olio and get Sel ting tho work under way being considered consid-ered one of his greatest achievements |