The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25
WOMEN VINO OPERATE MINES.
Many of Them Growing Rich in Various
Diggings In Colorado.

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biNN E'' '"I' Mar'h ~ '''e""y a nun"
Der Of mines III '"S o"" nave paSSu 'ho VI.
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az a pr'h'' 'thcr women nav "nuo a S'us
Of mining. have invested their money in pros
u.cts ar len ,ed LEGATIONS and are roaming rich
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lhau'lal t'"a'uN III consequence u wv" a''"H-
ness and Judgment, The success OF the pioneers
in this new field has inspired others with n desire
81 .,. j., ,, ,,n, =, .,,I wbi,h 10 aoin,
u" l"H' pau III wv NUM- l' H'u ""N" ~ Suns
on in Colorado.
Not all Of the women who have taken up mining
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engage II, 'h' "c'u"' "oiN "h'h s,FS or III Sna.'
or tunnel. In fact very few Of them have the
strength for this omplnympnt hut they are even
,n.a n,ae,anm aa,n,~i T., Cnn,irr On ,ho ~
more p,'p'apIy emp'oSeu III nsu'hg On ,' pur-
chase OF supplies, marketing the ores and looking
after the finances of avery Department. There
is ma v,mon !, ,ho San Imam mining district
- "he Woman III U' "a" Juan hi'''ns ois""'
who goes even further than the most OF her sex.
She puts on oyprallS and "iumppr" and when oc-
cosior r.,ni,.. ,,,,s i,t, ,he u,,lipgs of her
.aSiuh I'iu'ipS E",S iho te N"lhnIEs ~ ma
rNrIu,in' Hiht an" "~sT-s W. m'n "np wh1
" wv "ihi fn,N, Si"nea um. nmr '" I'll IT,
ar 'uiinHhd III lue C"hCTnnauus nmn, MI
hllle, "nl'n Is near me ctlru'a"d amp hi,h,
uNh"' ny in"nnaS nh'Sn' ~ ,ne W VIZ
Eloh' ~ P''IuT nE \ 40 nl'lrsl III VIC p.aw ~" ia
oefI, miale 50 La,EelS ,htnuEh hef rhTIpnsv oo,
ruprt' nt'I' mlilug 'oHn III ,fnI 80
eounls' ~ th' h'Tuiuht rtS OF .hife p'qsi,ssNo
MGulrh miners. lM9H 81 trcse are rt1ni lnsui
80 .'"S "'t 'H'' ''"NS' -
nrllN H"h"stdphetS ana cane 70 tolorhnn w. y,
%asons ago on a pleasure mp, lhty uook NV
famous excursion IMP oyer uhG GeoTget3"n mnp,
NniCh Is uie heatt 81 lle Ilear Nttrk mlnins
,,iIinN, ann became lnlrteNlfu IN the suu.,s
"a INNING instead OF telntlihg 10 l~n,e, wv
mw res, q snH eNcutHnIlSl'' tney trniaihsu sonig
w. H, InlP'Ig ah'i hladt u thlluHeh u W
we "i>uict Ihry knew n,",hihg oi dCtua mn.
IFE, pul lhrN learned readily ana cohciuueu una
a nlug eaPiM, miEhI DE- invested IN some . ! ba unSs
t'uP'tu'S 'hat were iNlhS ldle', Ihpy Weht paCx
~ n,r,Yn hhI secured some luhdS WIN Mmrl
~, 'Irhtt unrli own HaNlres. lns u u, hmmi
ny ~ i'''uNl lIr money 10 q manager, put huu
a hli,' cabin erected on a claim, whlch they Sc
rrThre' ron us owner under q bnna ana ieasr;
nInWr Er'PrN NAG Prrh only snehuy m Mi geo
aUu lI' ElfiS went ahead and oought a mn Tor
shm,,iuaa9l Hh1 machiiIrfy lot dti'hg we
Slall ! a d"plh ot several hundred feet Ihey
, T@5r NJ ur nm" early and iate ana .nsy m Th
! ere Is low grade, but by concentration and a care.
Iul NNNt"m 81 working the owners nave ne,,ed
g"nn pr,ft for several months and are now In q
lar way 10 make their fortunes.
IN tl' Same distinct Is a woman. who has gone
mi! mining even more thoroughly. Her mans
~ Ntr, NlNo"l' ana she owns and manages
lh' \unnuc NINE, n few miles frOm Empire. Mr..
Atwood at times dons a suit of jeans and goes
uoNn I'M, th' NINE 10 see what the men are dong
az! no" M nmh"rng and blasting is progressing.
andlS, besides, an authority on ores, having made
a SUlHy ~ me subject i'crntv, the concen-
tralprN. were lpund 10 be unsatisfactory. Shs
ordered he whole lutthrpwn ont and sup intended
tn buying and placing II an entire new outtt
which Is now doing satisfactory work. She
lives A. the hotel IN Empire and goes % and from
her work Just ike any mine Superintendent in
the county, She has wealth as the result Of
her 'ht .NdncSs and Application.
Not a"n" IS actual mining appealing TO women
as an "ceuration, but PROSPECTING and promoting
are included. Not long ago. an Eastern school
t'aIh"t went 70 Au1ona for her health. While it
.lgr'SnS pl'h"i up many Sl"riinens OF the country
rock She had made q special study of geology az
Schn.l, am Niih th,s knoNlcIs' b aid her She
became, 'atSi"d that there was some valuable
''IlHI ANU " IIE lntlNlUlpl m lh' liStltl she