The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
FEMALE MINING SPECULATOR.
She Invested u Few Hundreds and
- Now Worth $3.50, 900. I. =.

She Invested \ Few Hundreds and Is
Il. Now Worth $3.50, 200.
A young lady graduate of the normal
school OF ;Fredonia, n. Y, has turned
miner, and is making fortune in the
mines of Nevada, but such is true. Her
name is Miss Emma Rugh, and she
graduated from the normal school five
years ago. Soon after her departure
from school she visited her sister, Mrs.
William T. Stoll of Spokane, whose hus-
band is a successful lawyer i'll that city.
about the mines, and Miss Rugh, hav-
ing few hundred dollars, determined
to speculate. She secured some Trail
creek stock when the camp was new,
and through Mr.. Stoll. her brother-in-
law. secured a controlling interest in
both the Alice and Nevada Mineral
claims ut a very low figure. Then Miss
Rugh began to hustle. She thought that
if the mines were worked as they should
be she could hiring mineral enough to
the surface to make her wealthy. She
secured competent manager and OPP"
erations were soon under way. At first
the prospects were not t1attering, but
after while rich vein was struck,
and Miss Rugh was happy. The report
was soon sent out that there was good
showing on her purchase, and buyers
Hocked in from every quarter. Miss
Rugh refused all offers and determined
to work the mine herself. -:
Recently she was offered $15o.ooo for
her share in the Nevada, but she said
nit! The Nevada is the best paying
mine of the two. The Alice being
valued at about $4,000. The Nevada
lies on the east of the great Jumbo Trail,
between Mountain View and Jumbo, on
the famous cliff ledge. which cuts Red
Mountain almost in the center from east
to ,1>~
not sell the Nevada at any price, as she
rather likes the romantic surroundings
and feels, probably, that she is hero
of the new woman. She is certainly en-
titled to this distinction.
Knew it was There.
Senator Walthall tells story OH HIM
self which is none the less good by reas-
on of the fact that the scene is laid dur
ing the late Civil war. At that time the
senator was colonel in command of a
Confederate regiment, and had brought
his men into position, occupying sunk
en- road. a Federal battery was pouring
shot and she'll all around the adjacent
territory. This fire, however, passed over
the regiment hidden in the roadway, and
they were to all intents and purposes out
Of danger.
On the high bank in front of the place
where Col. Walthal stood was a giant
pine tree about dozen feet in circum-
ference. Acting on the spur of the mo-
ment. the colonel thought fine oppor-
tunity, was presented to give his men
all object lesson in personal bravery with
out any risk to himself. Accordingly, he
climbed up the bank and stood behind
the pine tree. The next minute shell
struck the tree and sent shower of bark
and splinters flying in all directions, when
Walthall overheard the following dia-
logue between two of his men lying in
the roadway beneath:
II tell you, Jim, it was mighty good
thing for the colonel that pine tree was
there
Yes, Tim" replied the other, but if
it hadn't been for the big tree the colon
ei would never have been there in the
first place. '-Washington Times.