The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-06

aSka, alone, in her search for gold
The railroad had not been built thai
has since minimized the difficulties o.
Alaskan travel in the Chilcoot region
Miss Malcolm declares that the tour oil
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 l viewed the great cop
per deposit until made my way
there" she said In a recent interview,
Il 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
/ 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 a
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 found what
was looking for. AT first could hardly
believe my eyes. had reached a 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
"Then was happy. / have studied
geology, and other lines
leading to mining, and | have done
assessment work with my own hands
In deep shafts. In short, my experience
has been such that / believe that ! am
to know whether my min
sral discoveries are valuable
''The ledge stands up clearly from
fifty to seventy-five feet, with both
gold and copper in it-but more copper
than gold. Millions maybe there In
Easy reach--a quantity that I believe
Is almost beyond ordinary computa- |
ion. If | am not mistaken the dis
sovery is valuable not only for It's |
richness but also because it opens up |
knowledge of an entirely new copper
,elt in the Death Valley"
Picturesqueness is added to Miss
Nalcom's trip by the fact that the In
liam halfbreed that she took into the |
iesert where so many strong men have
lied is "Bill Kee." who is "Scotty's" |
friend. This Indian is a good guide.
The next step that Lillian Malcolm |
,ontemplates is that of informing the |
abroad builders, now constructing
ines into the mineralized regions Of |
Nevada, of the typographical features
II the country to be crossed in order |
% bring her copper and gold dis |
'overies reasonably within transports
ion facilities, and the place that form |
'rly required weeks for her to reach,
will soon be made accessible. when the |
present railroading surveys are carried |
nut in rails. There is plenty of timber
n the Panamint Mountains that can
,e utilized for mining purposes. and
he foot of the steam whistle may vet /
e heard in the fearful Businesses of |
iesolation that have so long appalled,
'tout-hearted man, only to be con-
Iuered finally bya woman In search OF |
precious metals.