Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13


aska, alone, in her search for gold.
The railroad had not been built that
has since minimized the difficulties Of
Alaskan travel in the Chilcoot region.
Miss Malcolm declares that the tour Of
the Funeral Mountains however was
more hazardous than her lonely jour.
ney through the Chilcoot, years ago.
mo white person has ever visited
the spot where | viewed the great cop
per deposit until made my way
there" she said in recent interview.
II have never before seen such rugged
ness in mountains as the Funeral Range
presents. To climb up almost per-
pendicular grades means to slide down
others before the objective point can
be reached. have been a prospector
for ten years and have passed much OF
my time in the mountains Of Alaska.
Colorado and other places where there
Is gold. The Funeral Range is the
worst of any. made up my mind that
I would search for gold and copper in
the foothills of the Funeral Mountains
| was compelled to cross the range to
get where wished to go, and al
though | had no fear, there were min
utes when, in Ginning, did not dare to
look back, but only kept right on.
There were many places where 9
misstep meant sure death. All there
was to do was to go head. Once started
there was no way to stop without con
Tossing defeat. Finally l found what
was looking for. At first could hardly
believe my eyes. had reached point
about twenty-five miles from the line
Of the Clark road and sixteen miles
from the line of the 'Borax Smith
road, when the ledge doomed up i'm
mensely.
"rhen / was happy. have studied
minerology, geology, and other lines
leading to mining, and have done
assessment work with my own hand!
in deep shafts. In short, my experience
has been such that believe that / an
competent to know whether my min
eral discoveries are valuable.
"The ledge stands up clearly from
fifty to seventy-fve feet, with boil
gold and copper in it--but more copper
than gold. Millions maybe there Ii
easy reach--a quantity that I believ'
is almost beyond ordinary compute
ton. II am not mistaken the dis
covery Is valuable not only for it
richness but also because 1t opens vi
knowledge of an entirely new cope
belt in the Death Valley"
Picturesqueness Is added to Mis-
Malcom's trip by the fact that the In
dian halfbreed that she took into tn
desert where so many strong men hav
died is "Bill Kee," who is "Scotty's
friend. This Indian is a good guide.
The next step that Lillian MalcolI
contemplates is that Of informing tn
railroad builders, now constructor
lines into the mineralized regions Q
Nevada, Of the Typographical feature
OF the country to be crossed In orde
to bring her copper and gold di
coveries reasonably within transport,
,, tion facilities, and the place that form
!, erly required weeks for her to reacl
: will soon be made accessible, when ii
; present railroading surveys are carrie
: out in rails. There is plenty of timbt
, in the Panamint Mountains that ca
be utilized for mining purposes, an
the tOut of the steam whistle may v
I be heard in the fearful Businesses
desolation that have so long eppallt
J. stout-hearted man, only to be co
+ quered finally by woman in search
d iprecious metals.