The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-19
HER SHIP HAS COME IN.
The Most Success sful Woman Gold
Hunter Nome Has Ever Had.

Miss Emma r. Steiner has the reputa-
ton among the miners at Cape Nome of
being the most daring, perseve1ing and
successful woman gold hunter who has
yet sought fortune in the frgid zone.
After facing dangers. surmounting OBJ
stacles and undergoing hardships and
privations which would have daunted
many men, she has reached home to en-
JOY well-earned Christmas dinner.
She returned to New York from Nome
last week, bringing with her quantity
of gold nuggets taken from her claims.
She was accompanied to Nome by her
niece, Miss Florence Holly, who played a
part in the original production of The
Geisha' at Days theater, and Miss Holly
holds equal shares with Miss Steiner in
her gold properties.
Miss Steiner is the daughter of Col.
f. e. Steiner Of Baltimore. She is widely
known as a composer and musical con-
ductor, having composed several operas.
She is the only woman who ever welded
the baton over Seidl's orchestra. She
conducted this hand of musicians at
concert given in December, 1895, at Chick
ering hall in New York, producing a
number of her own compositions. Her
own story of her life in the frozen North
is one of thrilling interest.
Il have been prospecting gold at Nome
during the past two years." said Miss
Steiner. This last summer have been
signally successful. In fact, my niece,
Miss Florence Holly, and myself have
Struck it rich We shall return to Alaska
as soon as the winter season is over and
begin taking the yellow metal from the
claims.
Miss Holly and myself own 80 claims
on Iron creek, some 10 miles to the north
4 iy,fn In
200 more in this all-successful locality.
These claims were all discovered and &C
quired this summer. Their estimated
value is from $25, 900, 00O to $40, 0OO,O0O.
This Christmas promises to be very
different from the last. 1t was a case Of
celebrating under difficulties at Cape
Nome.
1--WE invited some of our friends and
had Christmas party. Except for the
plum pudding, which we kept on view
boiling in pot all evening, and the snow
outside, it would not have seemed like
Christmas at all. Our guests came
wrapped up in furs from head to foot,
and some danced in theirs too. because
1t was extremely cold.
Then when we all sat down to eat
told the people something they didn't
know, 1t was this: The good old famil-
lar looking plum pudding on the table
before them was the richest they had
ever seen or probably would see.
"'Has anybody an idea how much it is
Worth?' asked.
Some of our guests figured up the cost
of flour, raisins and other ingredients
and made guesses ranging from $50 to
$50.
"They were all wrong. That plum
pudding was worth over $4,000, but no.
body seemed to believe it until they We're
served and began biting into ii.
You see, when we made the pudding
we had decided to change the ingredients
somewhat So, instead of putting in
gold ring, a button and five-dollar gold
piece, we mixed a considerable number
OF gold nuggets, big and little. in with the
-four raisins. currants, lemon peel. citron
and other good things and that is what
made the pudding so enormously rich
and heavy and bulky looking.
II cannot say that the gold nuggets
improved the flavor of the pudding, but
j. would have done you good to see the
way in which plates passed back for two
and even three servings. OF course