The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-06-04
TheDFmurrat-S Star
4 NDNAN MINER.


Dlr,ry tie Iast fcw days Mrs. \. X.
RikrIt. known a. the woman miner Of
YuoIlruuo. has been visiting friends
i'm San Francisco and at Redwood
CItg. For fourteen year, steadily has
She teen prospecting aud developing
different properties, and in that time
She has discovered some ni the most
famous mines Of California, from one
ur two Of which nearly 100000 has
been taken. SAYS the san Francisco
Chronicle. Among these mines Is the
rich Alhambra, of Calico. This was a
great silver mine, but Mrs. ltlkcrt
does not mine for silver alone. Mrs
Rikclt has also been %Singularly sue
ccSSlul in mining for gold. She vas
one Of the first who went To the new
Alamo diggingS in lower California,
where she developed valuable proper
tics.
The woman miner, who has had such
a remarkable experience, has also dis.
covered and developed the Pine Blanco
gold mine, near Rawhide, in Tuulumnc
county, which now shows an enormous
ledge Of quartz, and from which She
confidently believes millions Of dollars
viii be taken.
Mrs. Rikcrt told the strange story
Of how she happened to go into mining
for the first time. She is Southern
lady, and has that dislike which many
Of the South have to being prominent.
~ thrust before the public. She IS
tail, has dark, sometimes flashing,
ewes. and has the enumeration which
tells where her early lite was spent.
II am the daughter Of Il cotton
planter near NiCkShurg, ana was early
taught how to ride a horse, shoot and
DO many OF the things which only a
young lady's brothers are supposed
generally to do" she said. "My father
was a wealthy planter, and owned
slaves. AS Annie Kline, will be re
called for the part | took in the war
as will my sister, for We were both i'm
prisOned. | think, sometimes, when
am worth $1,000 900 or $1,000 600
may write a book and tell all abOul
this,
'Fuurteen years ago ! came to the
new mining camp OF Calico, deter
mined to make a fortune if it was It
be- done TO this end | began to care
fully study mining. l. vas a very
rich silver camp, and | soon Learned
to find mines by the o~ut-croppingS
and to make tests of the lodges which
l found.
Il assure you, am very much more
particular when | 20 ont to prospec
than many men who 60 to look for in
dications. Often where men wall
right over the ground, stop and sta
Il whole day, examining particular.
every part Of the ground. choppin'
away brush, and using pick and shove
freely,
ut was while prospecting in tht
way that | found the famous Alham
bra mine, which proved to have Sucl
a body Of rich ore. This mine wa
bought by the late w. w. Stow, an(
became a part OF the great SiIrc
Odessa. OF which everybody has heard
Among the mines was the cnOrm
Gus bOraX mine, bought by William
Alvord and jerome Lincoln. anC
managed by William r. Coleman. 1t
output since it came into the hands o
AlvOrd and Lincoln has been increased
year by year, until now the work
erected ON it are the largest Of any
either in Europe or America.
AT the time Of the rush to the gOl,
fields Of Alamo, | and my daughtc
were among the first to 60 there.
had become well known in Calico, an,
many Of the miners believed from III
successes that luck followed me: il
short, that was u mascot. The
often wanted me to make location
for them. was two years at Alamo
and did pretty well, securing som
good property.
"Howcyer, hearing Of the intcrCS
That was being taken IN the mines 4
the mother lode, and wanting, like tn
typical prospcctOI, TO be in on the rise
! came three years ago to TuOIumu
county. We struck it Just in time
and got in before the rush, We dtoy
all the way from AlamJ to Tuolumn
in little wagon drawn by two ponies
Going eight miles west Of Sonuri
neal Columbia, and only a short dIt
lance from the Rawbide mine, | cam
across the Pine BIanco, then idle, an
we bought it cheap. 1t was before tn
which such opportunities presented.
The claim had a little old tunn,
run on it, and some surface digglngs
The mine was well grown over with
kind Of grcasewood Through TIN
Groupings were found on investigate
to extend over d space l6OS4l0 feet /
extent. ] began a new tunnel east q
the aDeX Of the hill,
AT eiXty-three feet We tapped tn
ledge. Then we ran "cst and cross
cut for siXty-siX feet, and have not 90
through yet. 1t is a solid quart
ledge. The ore has been CAREFUL
tested several times by spreading
piece Of canvas ard carefully pickin.
out ore all over the face Of the work
iuyS. II has been found so Sat,SfaC