The Washington times., 1906-05-05
DISTRICT GIRL WAS
NO TENDERFOOT"
Miss Browns Gold Mine
Turns Out to Be the
Real Thing.

How an effort 10 fleece a Washington
girl by mining sharks" In the famous
Leadville district resulted in her OBJ
tanning possession Of what promiseL X
develop into A remarkably rich claim,
forms the interesting part OF a st~ty
told by Miss Elizabeth Killingswortb
Brown. daughter OF the late David
Wolfe Brown. for many years chief Of
ficiaI reporter in the House OF Repre-
sentatiVes
Miss Brown is well known and very
popular here socially. She is gifted with
a fine voice. and last summer at the
time she went West. supposedly on a
pleasure trip. she was preparing for the
concert stage. She had never shown
any special adaptibility for business
career. and such an idea never entered
her head
Last summer. however. Miss Brown
became interested in mining. through
her mother who had purchased a block
Of stock in a mine ut Red Cliff. Col
The company was being promoted by a
woman who owned the claim. and who
had come TO Washington for the pur-
pose OF getting the stock on the mar
ket- Through the business transaction,
a friendship sprung up. and this woman
was frequent visitor at Miss Browns
apartments at the Cochran. where she
lived with her mother.
When this friend started West she
persuaded Miss Brown to accompany
her. She told Of the invigorating
climate Of Colorado, and as Miss
Brown was expecting a hard winters
work with her music she decided TO
spend a few weeks in the little mining
town It was her intention 70 look over
the property IN which her mother had
become interested, bat she had no idea
of going into the mining business for
herself
On the train the conversation natur-
ally led TO mining. and by the time
they reached Red Cliff she had learned
Of the vast fortunes that had been
made in the Red Cliff district, which
is only short distance from Lead
Vile
Her friend introduced her to men
who owned claims in the section. and
the days were spent tramping about
the country looking over mining prop
erty
Went Prospecting for Herself.
Il decided that I wouid like to own
mine," said Miss Brown to a Times
reporter today. There is no DENYING
i
made a pretty thorough investigation
OF the section. and had caught the
fever. ! went prospecting myself on
several occasions. All of that section is
rich in mineral resources, but all of
the land that showed promise Of con-
tanning large veins had been staked of
Then 1 knew that / would have TO
buy claim This was just what the
miners We're looking for. Red Cliff is
Just Ike every other boom town-they
want to catch a 'tenderfOot' every time
they get chance There are always
people in these places who stake out a
lot OF worthless claims and sell them
for high prices.
When l confided in my friend that I
would like to get hold Of a claim she
told me she had an option on what
she believed 10 be :. valuable piece Of
property. and that there was evidence
that IT contained several rich veins. It
vas not known, however, that there was
anything but gold in the immediate
vicinity. AS an evidence of her faith IN
the future Of the claim she offered to go
IN with me. the plan being that we
would organize the company in partner
ship
The mine was owned by Judge Ack-
ley and Charles Scott, but the option
about TO close the deal she decided that
she did not want TO go into IL This
action aroused my suspicion somewhat
but l had made careful investigation
of the claims and felt certain that there
was pay dirt in them / paid her 81 600
for the option and the deed 10 the prop
erty, and later I found out that the own
ers had only realized 81 GOO from the
transaction, and that she had kept the
other S9,OOD as her commission in clos
ing the transaction.
Then l learned that this woman, in