Show C Rich from Utah Mines Dennis Ryan miner hotel builder etc says the Helena Herald of the 18th lea on his return to St Paul shortly Back in the early sixties Ryan then 3 boy in his teens ran away from home not liking his plodding fann life in Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania He took off to the Oil Regions where all was bustle Ho soon got employment em-ployment followed by interests Jot contracts con-tracts Jor ties lumber etc in railroad building He made considerable money and his whereabouts was first learned by his parents through remittances which in generous sums reached the old folks at i home In 1865 Dennis started for Montana Mon-tana by way of Salt Lake Arriving late in the autumn he decided to stop in the I Mormon city over winter The next 5 s 1 spring he had his passage secured to Helena but the advice of others prompted prompt-ed him to turn toward Austin Nevada instead In that State he had a varied experience and accumulated but little j coin After that he drifted back into I Utah and in later years won there the fortune he failed to catch on to I further west The famous Horn Silver mine was the property which paid I him most Out of it have come many I millions and millions have been the profit share of Dennis St Paul Mr Ryans home has the grandest hotel in all the I West I cost upwards of 1200000 and I I was altogether built with his money |