The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-04-10
PLUCKY NELLIE EASTMAN.
She Is Probably the Only Girl Mining Ex-
pert In the World.

pert In the World
ARIZONA has the only girl mining
expert in the world" said Col. John
Hull, of Tucson. For years she has fol-
lowed up all the new camps and passed
Judgment on mines, and usually en-
gagged in some kind of business in
them, as we'll as staked out and devel-
oped claims for herself.
"Her name is Nellie eastman, and
she is known throughout all the mining
towns of Arizona. just now she Is
making a pull for the Harqua Hala
mines. She has just been here and
bought restaurant outfit for the new
camp, and while her employees set out
bacon and beans to the flannel-shirted
miners for a dollar a piece, she will
make her locations and begin mining as
usual. Miss eastman went south on
the Southern Pacific yesterday.
"She is a wonderfully plucky girl. 1t
is about nine years now since she first
came to Tucson. She was from Dodge
City, Kan, and could not have been
more than seventeen years old. She
got to examining the ore as it came out
of the Tucson mines and was soon as
good Judge of its value as her brother
jim, who worked in one of them.
"The boys pretty soon began betting
on her judgment more in fun than any
thing else, but what was their surprise
TO find that she was a wonderfully good
guesser, and hit it close about every
time.
Her fame spread, and miners, al
4 = Il hot -
have her around and to get her good
opinion some way brought luck.
"She knew where to dig for ore, too,
and some of the ore in the Contention
was found by following her advice in
running drift. Over in Graham County
she made n hit one day on copper, and
when she went to Tombstone afterward
she passed her judgment on some mines
there
"Bill Virgins sold the Excelsior and
Grand View mines on her advice, and
the only dividend they ever yielded was
$4,000 he got for them.
"Other mines were bought after she
had examined and reported favorably
on them. They are good paying prop
critics now.
I'm Tuckson, Bisbee, Tombstone,
| and other camps Miss eastman has con-
Quoted general stores and big lodging
houses for the miners. She was also in
business at Castle Dome. She is as adj
venturous in pushing forward to a new
region as any nomadic miner.
mo sooner does she hear of new
camp than she starts for it. She has
had so much experience that she al
most invariably turns it to good ac-
count, getting town lots, placer sites
and lode claims for next to nothing and
unloading at big profit.
AT first she did not get out of the
camps soon enough. Consequently she
has been many times rich and poor.
She has indomitable pluck, though, and
if she goes broke in one place she soon
makes turn and gets up again.
1T is phenomenal how nonchalantly
she takes a reverse. She is Just rs
level-headed, self-contained and serene
as if she had made a fortune 1t makes
no difference, so far as app earances go.
Miss eastman is rather tall, dark
eyed girl. She is somewhat angular in
appearance and has brown hair. Going
about among the mines, or climbing the
hills for outcroppings, she wears heavy
shoes and strong clothes, usually COW
cred by cloak, worn negligee. She is
a rapid walker, and quick, incisive
talker. Her language is good. She is
considerable of a reader, and on most
all subjects is very well informed"