Patrick “Patsy” Clark was an irish immigrant who came to the United States in 1850. Patsy quickly left New York for the promise of mining opportunities in California. Patsy was wildly successful in his mining overseeing operations and worked in mines from California to Montana and seemingly everywhere in between before working at the Poorman and War Eagle mines in Idaho. Patsy Clark became a well respected mine overseer and was even called upon for his expert opinon when mines were being sold that he was familiar with. In 1889 Patsy proved his business sense by selling the War Eagle mine to a group of investors for nearly 3 quarters of a million dollars in cash. When the new investors inspected their new mine, they found the ore was almost entirely exhausted and would have to begin searching for new reserves within the mine.
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| The Patsy Clark Mansion Photo courtesy of: Washington State Archives. Eastern Region Branch, City of Spokane Historic Preservation Photographic Collection. The Eastern Region Branch of the Washington State Archives retains all original prints/negatives. |
I love the Clark Mansion! This is a really good, concise, clear narrative. A couple of suggestions:
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"Patsy Clark became a well respected mine overseer who was called upon for his expert opinon when owners sold mines with which he was familiar."
"Patsy spent much of his life going from mine to mine, but finally settled down in Spokane where he commissioned renowned architecht Kirtland Cutter to build him a home in 1889."
That last one could go either way (date after "Spokane" or after "home in"). I went back and forth a bunch of times, but I think it flows better with the date at the end of the sentence.