The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-20
WOMEN AS NINE OWNERS.
There Are Many of Them Now in the
Rocky Mountain Regions.
From the Omaha CNeb) Bee.

From the Omaha CNeb.) Bee.
Recently a number of mines in Colorado
have passed into the hands of women op-
Other women have made a study of min
ing, have invested their money in pros
poets or leased locations and are reaping
rich financial rewards in consequence of
their shrewdness and judgment The sue
cess of the pioneers in this new field has
inspired others with a desire to take part
In the hunt for gold which is going on in
Colorado.
Not all of the women who have taken
up mining engage in the actual work
which goes on in shaft or tunnel. In fact
very few of them have the strength for
this employment, but they are even more
probably employed in figuring on the
purchase Of supplies, marketing the ores
and looking after the finances Of every
department. There Is one woman In the
San Juan mining district who goes even
further than most of her sex. She puts
on overalls and Jumper and when oc-
caslon requires goes into the workings of
her extensive mine and "bosses" the men
who are working with pick, shovel, and
tram car or who are employed In the con-
centrating mill. Her mine. which is near
the celebrate Camp Bind owned by Mill
ionaire Thomas F. Walsh, is one OF the
greatest producing gold mines in the state.
and has been made so largely through her
enterprise.
Empire. a little mining town in Clear
Creek county, is the headquarters of three
progressive women miners. Two OF these
are from Boston-the Misses Mary and
Edith Tracy. They were formerly stenoe-
raphers, and came to Colorado two sea-
sons ago on a pleasure trip They took the
famous excursion trip over the George
town loop. which is the heart Of the Clear
Creek mining country, and became inter-
ested in the subject OF mining Instead Of
returning to Denver with the rest of the
excursionists, they remained some time al
Empire. and mare a thorough study OF
the district. They knew nothing Of actual
mining, but they learned read ly. and con-
cluded that little capital might be IN
vested in some Of the properties that were
lying idle
They went back to Boston and secured
some funds with which to reinforce their
own savings They decided not 10 intrust
the money TO A manager, but had little
cabin erected on a claim which they Sc
cured from its owner under bond and
lease The property had been only slightly
worked, and the girls went ahead and
bought mill for concentration and ma
chincry for driving the shaft 10 a depth Of
several hundred feet They were a the
mine early and late. and they made their
prospect pay almost from the start. The
ore Is low grade. but by concentration and
a careful system Of working the ownefe
have Melted q good profit for several
months. and are now ~ q fair way q
make their fortunes.
In the same district r. a woman who has
gone Into mining even Ere thoroughly.
Her name g. Mrs. AiwoOd. ana she Owls
ana manages the Atlantic Mine. few
A At
dOns q fulf II jeans ana gOes down mo
The mlne 10 zoe what the men are d0ing
auG hoW me umDering apd blasting are
progressing. Ghe knows egefy technical d.
taB II me Dgainsss ana ls Desidea an ME
thority On Ofss, having made a stu0y VI