The times., 1898-11-09
QUEEN LoNN1E.
A Kansas Girl Who Grew Rich In
the kIOndike.


Miss Emma l.. Kelly. the girl argonaut.
has returned from fourteen months
trip in Kiondike. the proud possessor of
$4,000 in gold nuggets and five claims,
valued at $50. 600. besides the credit OF be-
ing the most daring woman that has ever
endured the hardships of the famous min
ing country.
In the camps Miss Kelly is known as
Queen Lonnie,' and her love for adven-
ture has made her known throughout the
mining country. She has penetrated xty
miles north of the arctic circle, which Is
one hundred miles farther north than any
other woman in the country ever dared
to go. and she made the trip alone with
her dog team. She has journeyed from
the headwaters to the mouth of the Yu-
kon. shot the most dangerous rapids
climbed the highest peaks. slept in the
snow. and. in fact. has endured hard
ships that only the most sturdy men dare
undertake. and through 1t all she never
gave up, but stuck to her purpose not to
return to her home until she could call
herself a wealthy woman
Miss Kelly Is the nineteen-year-oid
daughter of ex-senator n. B. Kelly. of
Topeka. Kan. She started for the gold
/ fields September 10. 1897. and spent four
teen months locating her claims. She is
five feet eight inches tall, has bright
she tells Of her adventures her eyes spar
kle and her earnestness of speech shows
her love for adventure. In all she has
Travelled over Il, ,0e0 miles and alone, as far
as having any companions of her own
sex.
When I shot my first rapids it was
near Linderman lake said Miss Kelly.
.'and / thought White Horse rapids the
most dangerous looking place l ever saw
In the boat was a minister, and we both
were given oars. The miner who gave
the orders expected US to do as much
rowing as anyone and we did / soon
got over my fright at shooting rapids
and now l love the sport"
Miss Kelly has shot rapids that
no other person except saltwater Biz
/ ever attempted and she came near win
ming the medal for the most daring feats
from the one who won the sobriquet on
/ account of his love for the rapids Miss
Kelly was wrecked during one OF her ex-
/ plots and suffered broken rib. but with
, her out-of-door life she gave little heed
! to IL and soon recovered
Dawson City was great mining camr
( last Winter" said Miss Kelly "but while
/ il was once rival OF Monte Carlo for ex-
citsment 1t is now poor town. / was
/ the last one to get into Dawson lasi
Winter before the Yukon closed with ice
That was on the lst of November 1897
and | stepped from our boat and hoated
to the shore on a cake of ice. The mex
day the river was solid mass of ic,
{ and no one could travel over it again til
Spring. AS soon as I got TO Dawson IN,
miners were my friends. and tine frs
night they served me a banquet 1t con
sisted of beans and bacon. but l was
so hungry that the food rasted be5;er TIA:
/ the finest BANQUET ever served
Things have changed In Dawson anC
! Circle City since last Winter When tn.
river opened in the Spring hundreds o.
adVenturers came and now the town ans
country is overrun with people. When
arrived there Were twenty-five men I,
every woman and now there are tel
women to every man. Last Winter price
and wages were high, but when the in
fiux came the bottom dropped out o
everything and now there is great suf
fering and will be this winter. Flour use
to sell for $50 sack but now il /
worth about S.
Most OF the stories told by person
that have returned are greatly exagser
ated. Several who returned and were re
ported to be worth thousands of dollar
had to borrow money TO go home or
The trouble is that after a man one
crosses chiikoot he can never again site
TO the truth, but must make his storie
, sound as big as the others.
would not advise anyone to go thery
: The mines will not be worked to an
extent this Winter on account of the Ia
of 10 per cent imposed by the Canada
government on all mines on that sid,
The mines will wait until the tax on thei
output is less. There is bitter feelin
among the miners against the Canada
government.
Il shall spend this Winter in the Sout
and may return to Klondike in tn
Spring am glad to get home, but
may be like all returned Klondikers afte
awhile and may long for the camp III
again