The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-08-10
UTAH WOMAN STRIKES IT,
Mrs. John N. Horne makes Her Pile
in the klondike.

EV "SWNiN . utNES TIE.
Mrs. John N. Horne makes Her Pile
in the klondike.
Aboard the "Al-Ki arriving yes-
terday from Alaska, was Mrs. John
N. Horne, whose proudest boast is
that she was Yukon washerwoman.
With her husband she has now come
from the interior with fully $50, 900
in gold, the output of two valuable
claims in the Klondike. Mrs. Horne
has been in many of the famous min
ing camps of the West, and is as
deft at washing gold as at washing
clothes. Indeed, her own story re-
veals that she has had familiar &C.
quaintance with every kind of toll.
Mrs. Horne has been in every big
mining camp, save perhaps those of
California, of consequence in the
United States. She took to the Col
orado mining camps in 1867, later
went to the Black Hills, tried Mon
tana and Utah fields, thence made
for Alaska, and latterly brought up
on the Yukon, where she and her
husband have met with remarkable
success, particularly since they went
to the Klondike.
"Just say" she said, "that was
long Yukon washerwoman. We
have plenty of money now, but I'm
proud of the fact that washed and
sewed for the Yukon miners. Yes,
| have not only washed for living,
but done every other kind of mining
camp wora. A few days after l was
married to my husband I helped
hlm haul and push an 500 pound
sled over the passes on to the Yukon
"We went to Forty-Mile. l was
the first white woman there. | used
to mend and make dog harness and
sew sacks for the Alaska Commercial
company, and all such work. We
went up Forty-Mile to Glacier creek
and had to cut steps in the glaciers
to get to the creek.
"Winter night after night we lived
in tent. One night the thermome-
ter registered 20 degrees below zero.
Ny husband would keep up fire
while | slept and / would keep one
while he slept to keep him from
ireezing. Oh, but it was cold! One.
| walked fifty miles in two days
when on Forty-Mile.
"Where was I born? Well to tell
you the truth, long time ago in
Vermont. But left there when l
was eight years old and I've been
coming west ever since. / at last
got on to the Yukon and to the Yu.
kon I'm going to return. / love the
the Yukon and mining camp life.
Yes / can handle rocker as well as
any man. I've rocked and I've
washed. Yes, washed gold and
washed clothes. I'm proudest of the
latter, and am so proud that when i
return to Juneau I'm going to have
the ieweler make gold badge with
washboard for design.
"Now, don't forget to say" she
warned in conclusion, "that was
washerwoman, but as the captain
said to US coming down, "the wash
erwoman lies dead in the gold box"
Mr.. and Mrs. Horne own two of
the richest claims in the Klondike,
thirteen below on Bonanza and thir-
ty-four below on Hunker, and Mrs.
Horne possesses rich bench claim
in her own right. Her next most
valuable possession, in her estima-
ton is Russian terrier, for which
she has refused $500 cash.
All the lady says Of her toll on
the Yukon is fully attested by the
miners Of the great gold river. All
respect ner and say she 10 entitled
TO the remarkable success she has
achieved. Seattle Post. .Tntellioans