Show PROSPECTOR OF OLD WEST DIES Lafe Fyffe Miner Spent Fortune for Friends CRIPPLE CREEK Colo Cole Jan 1 H If 19 IV W I 1 Lato maker makeI I and squanderer r ir of o fOrtune esti- esti estimated etl mated to hav hase a d 1000 Is dead d ad at his home borne hom here WiLls his passing the West w t beet lo i ono one on ot of otI Its most picturesque qu cb characters characters- character I the th prospectOr ot tf th old boom da ho- ho his entire lifetime pre p In the thO mining regions lolls of Colorado I Fyfe who 1 wa we i years old In Colorado ColoCado mining camps when history ses as a In ht the th making makinI anti took a leading lt part In the making or of f h ctt ct ef It t AI A a re- re result r IlInd suIt sult of his hin hi prospecting pro i activities 11 be might base o ha been one of ot the tilt rich rich- tit rich ext men of tire the Hi state tate had bad he h conserved con- con served erv d d his fortunes Instead he be held money hoardIng hOA to be b a ella din din- I grace and M a result he spent It Friends Friend remain who toll of 0 the th mannerS manner and methods method by which ho he h pt-nt pt his hi fortunes In the th camps here and at Ll I Im Im I'm not happy I nt tramping tramping- the tho th hills with i a pick on my shoulder houlder ard grub on my pack pack- packhorse packhorse pack horse horse he be h often told his friends ls Who chided him about t his derieg Of ot mono money I l test foal fe with money In ono one on of ot lii hi de deli II Fyffe sold 1 tour four claim claims to the Portland mine A J i for a reputed to b nearly halt half a 0 million dollars dollar With th proceeds of th the ale ll he h pur- pur purchased pur chased the tho th finest n In Crip pl Crip-pl pIe Creek Crek at that time tho stocked It with tone tens ten of t of dollars dollar nIn In Imported and Invited his friends friend n to hel telu him enjoy nj y It some om of his hi guests Itu brought dl upon the tho th housS hou e by I advantage of ot his hiM hospitality he h is aid eald to hau habo hav put them cut wrecked the tho houe hou and nd nd tte Ite It fOI Ith all an axe ax anti and tl-cn tl dIed d the place to a 4 friend tor for a con consideration I ot of otonO oon onO doll dollar r |