The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-21
ARIzONA's GIRL EXPERT.
She was Sweet II and Knew Much
About Mining.
From the San Francisco Examiner.

From the San Francisco Examiner
Arizona has the only girl mining expert
in the world" said Col John Hall of Tucson
to au Examiner representative last night
at the Baldwin. "For years she has fol-
lowed up all the new camps and passed
judgment on mines, and usually engaged in
some kind of business in them, as well as
staked out and developed claims for herself.
Her name is Nellie Ca hman. and she is
known throughout all the mining towns of
Arizona. just now she is making a pull
for the larqua Hala mines. She has lust
been here and bought a restaurant outfit
for the new camp, and. while her employees
set out bacon aud beans to the flannel
shirted miners at 81 apiece, she will make
her location and begin mining as usual"
Miss eastman went south on the South
ern Pacific yesterday. Sac 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 have
been more than II years old. She got to
examining the ore as ID came out of
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 be-
gan betting ON her Judgment, more in fun
| than anything else. but what was their sur
| prise to find that she was wonderfully good
| guesser, and ait it close about every time
| Her fame spread, and miners, always super
stItous. got an idea that to have ner
around and get her good opinion some way
| brought luck. She knew where 10 dig for
ore, too, and some of the ore in the 1nten-
| ton was found by following her advice in
| ruuni IL drift. Over IN Graham county
she made a hit one day on copper, and
when she VI emit TO Tombstone afterwald she
| passed her jud. M ant on some mines there.
| Bill Virgins sold the Excelsior and Grand
| View mines Oh her advice, and the only
| dividend they ever yielded was the $4,000
he got from them. Other mines we're
bought after she had examined and re-
| ported favorably on them. They are good
| paying properties now.
"Ia Tucson, Bisbee, Tombstone, and
otEet camps Miss eastman has conduct I'd
| general stores and big lodging houses for
the miners. She was also in business at
Castle Dome. She is as adventurous in
pushing forward to a new region as any
| nomadic miner No sooner does she hear
of new camp than sne starts for it, She
has had 50 much experience that she almost
Invariably turns it to good account, getting
town lots, placer sites, and lode claims for
next to rothing, 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. Sine has
indomitable pluck, though, and if she goes
broke in one place she soon makes a turn
and gets up again. 1t is phenomenal how
nonchalautly she takes a reverse. She is
just as level headed, self contained, and
serene as if she had made fortune. 1t
makes no difference, SO far as appearances
go.
Miss eastman is rather tall, dark-eyed
girl. She is somewhat angular in appear
ance, and has brown hair. Goiag about
among the mines, or climbing the hills for
outcroppings, she wears heavy shoes and
stro clothes, usually covered with a
cloak, worn neglige. She is rapid walker
and quick, incisive talker. Her language
is sooi She is considerable Of a reader
and on most all subjects is pretty well in
| formed. She will be tie first woman in the
new camp of Harqua Hala, where there are
probably now 800 men,"