Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1898 — He Got His Price. [ARTICLE]

He Got His Price.

The discoverer of the famous DruiA Lummon mine near Helena, Mont., was Thomas Cruse. In the days before he sold his property and returned to Helena a much honored millionaire, Mr. Cruse was locally known as “old Tommy,” and was looked upon as a somewhat visionary man. None questioned after a time that his mine, where he lived and labored alone, was valuable, but few placed its worth so high as did the patient owner. When he refused half a million for his claim the people of Helena called him foolish, and when he turned away from the offer of a million they called him a fool. But the miner was wiser than his friends, and eventually received his price, $11,500,000, and a goodly number of shares In the new company. Thon, as often is the case, the old familiarity was dropped, aud the “Tommy” of bygone days became “Mr. Thomas Cruse, Capitalist.”