The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-30
She SEEKS GOLD And FINDS IT
MISS WILKINS SAID TO ne THE
ONLY WOMAN MINER.
A PrOspectOr for Twelve Nears-She Has
Located Hair . Dozen Mines In the
southwest Prospecting an Ideal Life,
She Thinks-Its Field for v oman, Too


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- "'ou' 81 anu ''as oeen p'oSPec'oi
gnu h'ii'ei LOT '"eiNe years. one mas louhn,
opened developed and sold five gold and
two copper mines in Arizona and Chihuahua
and from three of her gold properti les she
has r,oli,od oho,, a.. 90
Shai'i,"D'' 80 800"
DIV II p'ach-ilaireu ana rudy Coihph 4'ohe"
and says her success is largely due TO her SUE
perb health which permits her O endure he
hardship. of getting gold in a wild region.
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.'9 ho '"s'e LOT SOCIAL anairs or Guy me-
Recently she packed up her personal effects
one night at san Francisco and fed TO rude
mining Damn in Tuo,un,ne co,n,v among
,ho So. -, ~. ~, 80, - ,,;,.an
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her by people on account oil her wealth..
"One of the chief reasons why have done
so we'll a. a seeker after gold and silver ores
in fields tina, MANY a good prospector aban-
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""i"u iohg before went ou' p'osPctine'
SAID Miss wilkins recently, ia because love
my vocation. ! never tire of hunting out
lodges of precious metals and then making
,bo,, o;vo c,r,l, ,toir r;obas y,r tho GOOD ~
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ihahhihd'
There is no more fascinating pursuit in
the world than seeking gold mines The
life of "A nrospector ont among tho moun
,ai,s u,.i,,, ,r,.o -, ,,o,,,r, .nd ,,,orI,, o,,
on from the rest OF the world, Is an Ideal
existence :,
Nhy' ole u han 10 De coopeu up IN
house where mere was me same mum,
drum, even, less hie week atter week.
nave never known 'ne Gay wnen there was
hot sofne'hhg ne" ana interesting IN my
pursuit .u.,. .. po,,,,,o,.
Miss wilkins was born AT pou9hkeepsie
y; and came to alifornla with her parents
when she was child
There was always something irresisti,iy
fascinating TO me about gettihg golden
riches from rocks IN the mountain sides,
says Miss wilkins, ana remember when
! was not over dozen years old trying 10
ma noat rocks mat might snow trace of
gold In them. One day when was about
IA did find chunk Of red quartz among the
| ioothilis IN hern county that contained
about dollar worth OF gold spent all
that summer prospecting over that region.
Dht never loliilu any more goid IN that
part OF ailiornh.
IN lsso MI W iiKihs ana ms iafhiIy moved
10 hhRniah' hrI: Miss "'hTs gov en-
PioShieh' III 'he lnHeo states Lana O1lce
az PRESCOTT, ana 'here she carrie 10 KNOW
lluhurrds oi hllilers, Prospec'ors' INNING
caEnail' ana asSayers,
VIM her saved earnings she went 10
Denver ana TOOK course IN assaying ana
ne, aIIure! AT a ililhns engineering school
returning 'o hinRmldh she was assistant
pahy ,aoo
IN me summer OF lsSo she and her brother
~ - .ti "'il ~, 'l'eIl .'lS' PIosPcctmg tour
Al ,iie o,u-s ll'ie ni.l'rIs i,au iun at me
"a! ..ie. VI t, 10" ouu sisn' was presented
hy MIS- wilkins. wearing short woollen
SShrls, heaNy shoes ana an immense sun
noilheL, uuusiis diohs a. w. siIe OF heT
w, ",.n' III. iah Wnh the usual
.niip ou,n, oa oia,ihe,s' p,ckaxes, pans
M, sock ~ cInt hina and faiI"msd d' nr car
~ sachs VI tp.hhH ai'u loioW'" ny her
my bapoart uuopdi ,u 10y a1tt yackass
:, me ny Mnt", sne Hen' 70 .ione, hilA'
~ vas a, 'ia' I'm" me most uo.o rlo'is
I III VI. huiinieuS
~ haIu .na, dC'ei MN VINO ropDnd.
sho , ana s'aplsd- rushed there: But
liIa' uIi nov uSve' Mins "HhilS' Ihere
we're only two 0her women in Globe that
winter.
1he says she was treated WIN kindhess
her III lude way by 'he queer OLD char.
acterS VINO had hVed on 'he border OF
clvlIla'loh Tor generation, was almost
touching. No oaths were uttered inten-
tionally IN her presence; no man ever raised
"A glass oil whiskey To MS lips II he knew
shn was apout'
When warm wea, her returned Miss
Wilkins and her brother and uncle started
ON again. !hey travelled through the
santa Rta Mountains and found little or
nothing IN the way or ores. In the winter
Miss wilkins opened an Office for assaying
IN Prescott and did fair business,
She Intended To remain IN Prescott +,
but when spring came again her enthusiasm
for prospecting was renewed by the news
her brother sent her that he had found
over IN the Harqua Hala region the best
looking auriierous rock in the whole Terri
tory. Miss wilkins closed her assay Office
ana went across the country to HarQua
Hala with her uncle and accompanied
by the usual complement OF jackasses
and camp outht
Inc harqua Hala mining region was
the most prosperous in the Southwest
at that time. The mines lay in dark rcd
quartz twenty miles east Of the Colorado
River. and seventy or more miles north
OF Yuma A more desert region one can
! scarcely imagine.
Once there Miss wilkins set about study
ing the lay Of the land. Only few pros