Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-06

couId successfully accomplish this would be,
 to use her own words, Ito make the estate in
 which the money had been sunk return.
 So, having posted herself up in all the geo.
 logical details of the gold field, and having,
 after much inquiry, satisfied herself that
 gold did exist in it's vicinity, she formulated
 a scheme by which she could carry her ideas
 into effect. Money was borrowed and
 shaft sunk, aud within foot of the point
 she had indicated the course of the lead was
 struck. This was the starting point Of her
 mining career Soon afterward she became
 connected with numerous other mining com
 panies in New South Wales, but in no in-
 stance where she had not personally inspect
 ed and improved the claim. The idea of re-
 visiting London in the interests of gold min
 ing was suggested to her by the late Lady
 Brassey, then on 8 tour of the colonies, who
 pointed out to her the facilities and advanta-
 ges she would meet with in the great metrop- olis for floating mines of such character as
 the Midas The lady also invited Miss Corn welt to visit her, should she repair to Lon don. Home accordingly she went, and Mi das-subscribed for five times over-was foated by her for one hundred and eighty thousand pounds, of which the shareholders l received one hundred and fifty thousand pounds net. This enterprise it was of course | that made Miss Cornwell so publicly known. l Miss Cornwen returned to Australia in April of last year, chiefly for tho purpose of | (to use her own words) s'assisting the man. ! agement in handing over the leases quickly | to the new company" Having done this, 1 she journeyed through Queensland for the 1 purpose of obtaining information for her ! During this trip the Wyong estate-which I she thoroughly inspected and explored-was purchased by her for two hundred and fifty ! two thousand pounds. The estate covers an I area of seventeen thousand acres railway line runs through it. There is 8 frontage to I,lzo oF fo river of fourteen miles. In some parts of the estate there is rich loam thirty or forty feet in depth, and it possesses, moreover, an abundance of the finest timber in New South Wales-cedar, mahogany, etc. From geolog- ical reports it is estimated that there are two hundred and eighty million tons of gas coal on the estate, and the profit on this, if worked, is further estimated in round figures at thirty million pounds. On it rail way station and township already surveyed. Miss Cornwell contemplates raising one mil- lion pounds in London for the purpose of working and developing this property, and she hopes in two years to see on it in full work four sawmills and four collieries. So sanguine is she of the ultimate success that will attend the developing and work ing of this property that she has decided to retain for herself one-third of the shares of the company she is about to float in London, and particulars of which and of other things will be subjoined in another article. Numerous other ventures are en. gazing the mind and attention of Miss Cornwell at the present moment, but with them we have neither space time to deal. It may be mentioned, however, that she has partners in London, Sydney, Mel bourne and Adelaide, as well as private of- fees in each of these places.
 Miss Cornwell is at thirty, If not pre- possessing woman, st least not unhand- some Her face and features, somewhat ir- regular and undefned it is true, harmo- nize we'll with her symmetrical and we'll defined figure, which is inclined rather to be embonpoint than slender. Her princi- pal charms lie, perhaps, in the trueness of her eye and her gracious, we'll bred manner. Those qualities it was no doubt that assisted her materially in London in floating "Mi- das." No one could look into eyes like hers and doubt the truth of her utterances. But ! she has other charms still. She has soft, womanly voice, which even a blind man ! would associate with a character singularly | earnest and sincere. High intellectual at- ! tainments, perceptive faculties of high or- der, strong and humane feelings, and kindli- | ness of disposition go to make up charac- \ ter harmoniously combining qualities that ! are unfortunately rarely ever met with in a ! single individual. Such is Alice Cornwell at ! thirty; such is her career thus far
 Much interest s attracted just now in the lateat of Miss Cornwell's plucky commercial ventures--a new smelter invented by two \ Germans from Freiburg, named Icke and Grosbernd. who are Miss Cornwelps practi cal partners in the concern. One smelter has been erected in the New South Wales Court of the Exhibition, and one by the ! courtesy of the directors on the Broken Hill ! South mine at Broken Hill. That at the ex-
 hibition will be ready for it's public trial on | the 9th inst. The crucible is built in with fire brick imported from Freiburg. The ! body of the snelter is of great height and is fed from both sides-the doors being at a | height of fifteen feet above the crucible. The bullion and the slag leave the crucible in the ordinary way, but there is an aper- 1 ture from which every drop of lead can be run out without shutting down the furnace. ' Should the trials prove successful it will be \ a great boon to the Barrier Silver field, and | very likely create big stir in silver stocks. Should Miss CornwelPs smelter revive Bro- ! ken Hill, many an aching heart will have ! reason to thank the great spirit of fearless ! enterprise which characterizes this lady, \ who, with all her speculative nature, has \ method, shrewd foresight and much common sense in her calculations.