I 66JOURNAL OF THE chased in 1894. At the beginning of his enterprise Frasch had introduced John D. Rockefeller's brother into his company, but, during the long years of hard and unsuccessful work and the beginning of the mine, Rockefeller lost heart and sold his interest out, thereby throwing away a yearly income of between $250,000 and $5cqooo. The real extent of Herman'Frasch's wealth did not become known until after his death in Paris. His friends had always thought him a fairly wealthy man, but were amazed at the sensational figures of his millions which were disclosed afterward.