Biography - J. T. BUTLER
We copy from a recent issue of the Tuscola Review:
"J. T. Butler, of this city, secretary and manager of the Corn Belt National
& Loan Association, had received intelligence from his brother in
California, that he had struck a gold mine of unparalleled richness, and
that our fellow citizen was a half owner in the new wonder.
"The editor knowing that Mr. Butler was a man who shunned notoriety and
would be loth to give out information that would bring him into such
prominence as an article of this kind necessarily will, approached him on
the subject. He was at first disinclined to talk on the subject, but
learning that it had become generally known throughout the city, he
consented to make a statement, in order that the public might get the facts
and facts only. As Mr. Butler is a man of unimpeachable character and known
to be a truthful and conservative man, we have the fullest confidence in his
statement.
"The following facts have been given us by Mr. Butler, and his host of
friends in this city are happy to know that he has suddenly become, or will
soon become, the wealthiest man not only in Tuscola, but probably in the
state of Illinois.
"He states that he has a brother, Dr. Thomas Butler, a prominent and
reputable physician of San Diego, who has been in the gold regions of that
and other states for thirteen years, and who has always prospected more or
less. About three months ago his brother visited the great Dewey mine in
what is known as the "Grapevine" district, sixty miles east of San Diego.
This range of mountains is probably a spur of the San Barnadino range and
are called the Vulcan mountains. The Dewey mine is a late discovery and was
recently capitalized at one million dollars. It is regarded as a wonder."
Extracted 03 Apr 2020 by Norma Hass from the Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, published in 1900, page 290.
