Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1897-05-27
A GIRL MINING EXPERT.
Miss Nellie eastman Doing Rush
ing Business in the Southwest.

Miss Nellie Eastman Doing a Rush
ing Business in the Southwest.
The following from 3 correspondent
Of the Globe Democrat is an outline Of
= rssl Ariz lna character; 1t contains
however glsring inaccuries as to time
and place, but is tolersbly accurate sc
far ss it goes concerning Miss eastman
who is nov we'll known throughout the
mining camps of the Territory and
highly respected where known. The
Globe Democrat says:
Pom INA, Cal, May 4.-"Arizons has
she only girl mining expert IN the
world" said Mi John Rawlings, of
Phoenix, Ariz the other evening, as he
sat telling of the new mining prospects
she has followed up all the new camps
and passed Judgments on mines and
usually engaged in some kind of busi-
ness in them, as we'll as stsked out and
developed claims for herself. "Her
oame is Nellie Cashmsn," continued the
|
ell the mining towns of Arizona. Just
nov she is making pull for the HsFqua
Hela mines. She has just been in Los
Angeles, and bought restaurant outfit
for the new camp, and while her en-
ployes set out bacon and beans to the
fannel-shirted miners for 81 apiece, she
will make her iocatiors aod begin min
ing as usual. Miss C-shmsn went
south to Yuma on the Southern Pacific
yesterday.
"She is wonderful plucky girl. Is
Is about nine years 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 es good judge
of its value as her brother jim, who was
foreman and miuerelogist. The boys in
the Tom bstone locality pretty soon bs
gan betting on her judgment, more in
fun than anything else, but what was
their surprise to find that she was q
wonderful good guesser, and hit it close
about every time. Her fame spread,
and ss miners are, as you know, always
superstitious, they got an idea that to
have her around and 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 edgics in run
niDg drift
"Over in Graham county she made q
nit and day on copper, and. when she
went to Tombstone afterwards she
passed her Judgment on some mines
there. Bill Wiggins sold he Exceleior
and Grand View mines on her advice,
and the only dividend they ever yielded
was the 900 he got for them. Other
mines were bought after she had ex-
smined and reported fevorsbly on
them. They are good paying proper
ties now
in Tucson, Bsbae, Tom bstone and |
othar camps Miss eastman has con-
Quoted general stores and big lodging |
houses for the miners. She was also 7
in business in Castle Dome She is as
adventurous in pushing forward to q
new region as q nomadic miner. No /
sooner does she hear of new camp
than she starts for it. She he's had so
much experiences that she almost in
variably turns it to good account, get
ting town lots, placer sites and lode
claims for next to nothing and unload
ing TO big profit. A. first she did not
get out of the camps soon enough. Com
sequently she has been many times rich
and poor.
"She he's indomitsble 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. Sbe is just as level
headed, self-oOntaiDed aud serene es if
she had made fortune. L makes no
difference 50 far as appearances go.
Miss eastman is rather tell, dark
eyed girl. She is somewhat angular in
appearance and has brown hair Going
about among the mines or climbing the
bills for out Groupings, she wears heavy
shoes aud strong bloomers, usually
covered with a cloak, worn neglige She
is rapid walker and quick, inoisive
salker. Her lapguage is good. She
OF reader, aud on mos
all subjscts is very we'll informed. She
was the FIRST womsn in the camp or
Harqus Hsis, where there were over
q robsbly 1900 men and no othe ,
women"