Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-22
ARIZoNA,s GIKL EXPERT.
She was Sweet SeVenteen. and Knew
 Much About Mining.

She was Sweet SeVenteen. and Knew Much About Mining. [From the San Francisco Examiner.1 "Arizona has the only girl mining expert in the world," said Col. John Hall of Tucson to an Examiner representative last night at the Baldwin. "For years she has followed up all the new camps and passed judgment on mines, and usually engaged in some kind of business in them, as well es staked out and developed claims for herself. Her name is Nellie Cashman and she is known through out all the mining towns of Arizona. Just now she is making pull for the Harqua Hala mines. She has just been here and bought a restaurant outfit for her new camp, and, while her employees set out bacon and beans to the fannel-shiIted miners at S1 piece, she will make her locations and beg in mining as usual.
 ssMiss Cashman went South on the South ern Pacific yesterday. She is a wonderfully plucky girl. It is about nine years now since she first came to Tucson. She was from Dodge City. Kan, and could not nave been more than 16 years old. She got to examin- ing 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 bet ting on her judgement more in fun than any
  | find that she was a wonderfully good guesser, and hit it close about every time. Her fame ! spread, and miners, always superstltlous, got l an idea that to have her around and get her l 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 fol- l lowing her advice and running drift. Over l in Graham county she made hit one day on copper, and when she went to Tombstone af-
 terward she passed her judgment on some
 mines there. Bill Wiggins soldehe Excelsior and Grand View mines on her advice, and
 the only dividend they ever yielded was the
 DoGsis alseF sne natl AalII1eu aii,l Iepof:etl
 favorably on them. They are good paying | properties now.
 s'Iu Tucson, Bisbee, Tombstone, and other 1 camps Miss Cashman has conducted general l stores and big lodging houses for the miners
 She was also in business at Castle Dome. She is as adventurous in pushing forward to
 new region as any nomadic miner. No soon-
 CT does she hear of new camp than she
 starts for it. She has had so much experience
 that che almost invariably turns it to good | account, getting two lots, placer sites, and lode claims for next to nothing, and unload ing at big profit. At first she did not get | out of the camps soon enough. Consequens- l ly she has been many times rich ana poor. She has indomitable pluck, though, and 1t
 she goes broke in ono place she soon makes 8
 turn and gets up again. It Is phenomenal
 how ronchalantly she takes a reverse. She
 is just as level headed, self controlled, and
 serene ss if she had made fortune. It
 makes no difference, 30 far as appearances
 go.
 Miss Cashmau is a 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 covered with 8 cloak, worn neglige
 She is rapid walker and quick, incisive talker. Her language is good. She is consid erable of 8 reader, and on most all subjects is
 pretty we'll informed. She will be tht first woman in the new camp of Hsrqua He
 la, where there are probably now 1,50t | ?