The Holly chieftain., 1897-09-17

States the multi-mfllionairess, Miss
Wilson. and all through her own efforts.
Miss Wilson was educated in the
public schools at Scranton, Pa, but her
parents moved to the western country
before she had an opportunity to get
above the grammar grades. At that
time her father had considerable
means, but he exhausted It In an en-.
deavor to locate gold in Colorado and
California. Miss Wilson was 10 years
old when her father died and At once
determined to make her own way in the
world. She went to Seattle and found
employment as domestic on steamer
bound for Alaska. She found her way
to Circle City and became the cook and
general housemaid for number Of
miners. M 81. ti4e. st II -. a
Miss Wilson was not satfshed With
this kind Of life. She had had some
experience in mining while accompany
ing her father on his pilgrimages and
she CROSSED lots" in Alaska on her own
account. The result was that she lo-
cated copper mine which Is now being
worked and which is said to be panniug
out as prolifically as any of the gold
mines that are making the Klondike
fields famous. Miss Wilson had NO
sooner staked her claim than her pos
session was disputed by number Of
men, but besides mining she had
learned from her father how to use
rife and revolver and for days she sat
the sole guardian Of her claim.
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and several Of the men who disputed
her right Of occupancy are now work
ing with or for her, and 1t is estimated
that she IL not worth less than s.. .0O0.-
900. The young woman said recently:
II was In Chicago five years ago after
my father died. Then l was a COM
monplace restaurant winter or dish
washer and no one cared for me. Now
am worth perhaps $1,000. 900 in money.
and am being constantly followed by
young men Of good families who would
be glad to take wife. might as well
say now that I am not marrying at this
time. do not know when shall go
back to Alaska. may never go back.
for don't mind snying that have had
an abundance Of the kind Of living they
have in that country. Ny mother and
l can live now wherever we see III, and
want to tell you that we shall not have
our rooms facing in alleys, as we have
been compelled to since father died.
"The copper mine In which am the
principal owner was all my own find.
The funniest part is that found It less
than quarter Of mile from where we
we're making our headquarters. There
| were Indications that others had dis
covered the presence Of copper ahead
Of me. but the gold fever must have had
full possession Of them because they
passed Il over. secretly prospected
my IND YoY a'month before anyone else
found Il. and then three men claimed
prior ownership. Then had to make
personal defense. and this l did. I
never had to fire shot. but would
have done 90 without hesitancy.
mo: would not advise any young
woman to go to that country who has
not had some experience with miners
or who is not prepared to defend her
self and undergo the severest hard
ships. In that country self-preserva-
tion IL truly the first law Of nature.
! Men forget all their chivairy and al
though women are scarce they are not
curiosities and do not seem to awaken
any special interest among men.
Alaska miners are not sentimental.
They are looking for riches and they
do not care how they get them"
An evidence Of how the lawiis admin
istered in the Yukon country Is given In
letter received at Victoria. B. C. A
packer named Rice, contracted to take
a mans outht over the Skaguay trail II
the man went to work on the trail. The
man went to work. but when It was
finished Rice refused to fulfill his COM
tract When Rice's train reached the
summit with a load It was seized by the
mounted police and a vigilance COM
mittce and was uuloaded. Rice will
not be allowed to do any packing until
he fulfills his contract with the man
who worked on the trail.
| The first letter mail to be dispatched
from this country to the Klondike re-
gion under the new reciprocal arrange
ment with Canada. effected by estab-
fishing nm interna t!onal exchange be-
tween Dyea. Alaska. and Dawson City.
will be forwarded from Seattle by q
steamer leaving there September IL.
From that time forward letter mnii
will go over the new service regularly
once month. The last opportunity
to send newspapers and reading mate
rial generally into the gold region until
next spring was afforded by the ''pnper
mail" the last of the season. which was
forwarded by steamer leaving San
Francisco September 5.
A bit Of good news for the miners has
just been bulletined by the North
American Trading and Transportation
company. It is to the effect that a full
quartz mill sent by them into the Klon-
dixie country had arrived at its destina-
ton in excellent condition.
A Diderent Case.
"What nonsense they print nown-
days." said Mrs. Nuwed, wearily laying
down the novel she was reading.
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