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Show .RICH THRICE, DIES POOR Philip Deidesheimer, Once Famous as Mining Engineer, Passss Away in 'Poverty San Francisco. Philip DeUleshelm-er, DeUleshelm-er, eighty-four, a mining engineer once famous, died in poverty here. His invention of the "square set," a system of underground timbering used in wide veins, mad . possible the development devel-opment of the famous Ophir mine on the Comstock lode. His invention, according ac-cording to mining engineers, is now used all over the world. Deidesheimer made and lost three fortunes. He died In poverty, but hopeful to the last that his mining claims would restore him to ailiu-ence. |