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Show RICH IRISHMAN LIVES IN A CABIN Worth Moro Than a Million, but Exists Ex-ists on a Dollar a Day. (Chicago Chronicle. ELEVEN years ago. when the Columbian Co-lumbian exposition was about to 1 bo opened, Chicago was promised a visit from the world's most economical eco-nomical millionaire, Patrick Drlscoll of Arizona, but he was not seen In the crowds at Jackson park. Mr. Drlscoll had fully decided upon coming here for the purpose of seeing sonic parts of the world, but before he had completed his arrangements for the trip President Cleveland made hla public declaration against the free coinage of silver. Drls-coll's Drls-coll's Income was cut down several t thousand dollars a month by an antl-j antl-j silver coinage law. So he abandoned hl.H Journey, feeling that he could not I afford so expensive a tour at mieh a time. Mr. Drlscoll owns four of the best paying silver and gold mines in the , Chloride valley of Mojavc county, Arizona, Ari-zona, and hae n Income of over $30,000 I a year, yel he spends no more than $30 a month for his personal comfort. Many generous gifts, however, have come from the Drlscoll bank account to poor miners and their suffering families. Has a Large Income. Drlscoll Is supposed to be -worth bo-tween bo-tween $1,200,000 and $1,600,000. His Income In-come from his mines Is ?6000 a month and he draws about $15,000 a year dividends divi-dends on railroad stock In which he Invested In-vested In the early dnys. He has no relatives as far as he knows. The old miner had experienced all the prospector't? poverty and hardships until un-til he was paBt middle age, when he drifted down to the Callro mines. In San Bernurdlno county, California, in 18S1. There he found a mine which he sold for 515,000. This save him his first capital to deal with In mining on h own account. From Calico ho went to Arizona, and In two years located a base ore mine of silver, gold and lead in combinations. The Diana and Antrim An-trim mines became his. He invested his profits in the Hnrfjua JIala. mines and doubled his wealth In a few years. From that time he has been prospering to a degree undreamed of by him. He has never changed his manner of living. He is over GO and in fine health. Every day he may be seen walking about the little town of Kingman or over to Williams, where he has? lumber Interests. No one would believe from his appearance that he had property. Cooks His Own Food. Drlscoll lives alone In a cabin, cooks his own meal3 of flapjuck9, pork, bacon ba-con and oatmeal and sleeps In a bunk of redwood tilled with straw and covered cov-ered with blankfitu. Once a year he goes to Phoenix or Los Angeles for a few days, but he always returns to his I cabin, saying that he will never take I so long a Journpy again. His sole amusc-I amusc-I mcjit Is playing pedro for 5-cent cigars, i and If he can win a pocketful In the course of an afternoon he is happy. He 1 Jias never been known to stand the loss 1 of more than a half dozen cigars in the I course of his pedro gambling In one day, for he'lll quit when the tide of luck Is running po hard against him. I Among the many stories told of Drlscoll Drls-coll in the northern part of the territory. Is one of the time he bet "a half on an election and lost. When he was told that he must pay up he got a penny somewhere in that region, where coins less than a nickel urc never seen, and, splitting it In half with an ax, presented pre-sented It to the winner of the wager In full payment of his bet of "a half." The old man loves to have people marvel mar-vel at his cheap, primitive way of living liv-ing while he is eo wealthy, and he al ways relntes inthTTTS Fork saloons what' & "ln acTS sny to him nlwui tL .?rIhta SiJm who lives m tv cVbln-rllSM of generosity and Is MJIfehi?M If he doey call hlnvvlf 0t a trB when a. iiiinci'i'Sw w?e- A&M blasting opernySBJbloJalj ma.de quiet Inquiries lon- I&f I man .When he Ic-arntM?hnti six children were dfn,i2alaM bllndod man's wqrcb ih nd?nt Uto9 n bank check fofffi ? fSJ and the gift was kJptJ0 uM did not become known WruSB months later. Several m Dn'11 i9 of Drill's ncirUf ffV f'5a havo been sent to rc aUv J? lh2S orn States and even o VJ? expense. 10 hti ,?H What DrJpcoll win ,i when hecomc's d Ms Jl speculation. It 1m not v'a nC has am war relative iuf n fl kindred rathe, remote Sn M appear when his CitaLe J LwM courts for administration m tM there Is a prospect for for the lawyers. a W9 |
