Samuel Newhouse (October 18, 1853 – September 22, 1930) was an American entrepreneur and mining magnate.
Life and career
Newhouse was born in New York City to European Jewish immigrant parents, and later studied and practiced law in Pennsylvania. He moved to Colorado in 1879. In Leadville, he became involved in the freighting business.
In 1883, he married Ida Stingly, whose mother ran a local boarding house. She was 16 at the time. While they ran a hotel in Leadville, Samuel acquired mining properties in Ouray, Colorado.