The Washington herald., 1907-03-03
WOMAN AS TIN MINER
New Jersey MilIiner Has an
EYentful Time in Alaska.
NOW CORPORATION MANAGER
Went go the Frozen North with $50
and Came Back Millionaire.
Narrowly Escaped Death from
ShipSreek-RivaIs Try to ChIOrO-
form Her-Famous as walker.

Ever meet a woman who thinks nothing
OF walking forty-dve miles day with a
thermometer 50 degrees below zero? Ever
shake hands with a woman who went into
Alaska with $50 and came out million
aire, taking pot luck as man, and ask
ing no favors because OF her sex? Such
woman is Miss Lena S. Walton, OF
Nome, Of Tacoma, of New Jersey. Of the
world, for that matter, but just now in
Milwaukee, booming her many business
interests.
Truth is always stranger and more ro-
mantle than fiction, but KlOudike truth
beats ordinary truth to a puss in the
corner finish. says the Milwaukee Senti-
mel When Miss Walton receives you at
the Hotel Pfster and talks with you
few moments. You begin to frown and
tell yourself that the real Arabian Nights
and Snbad. the Sailor story-telier. has
reached Milwaukee again. But you are
compelled to listen and finally you are
forced 10 admit that everything IS as true
as gospel and that Miss Walton has the
genuine article to produce. MISS walton
aside from her engaging manner inter
esting personality. and experiences III me
great metal region Of the north. IS the
general manager for Alaska Of the Ia
coma Tin Smelling and Hydraulic Com
pany. of the Port Clarence district, and
manager Of the Pico FCee-milling and
Mining Company, of Washington. She is
also a large owner in both these corpora
tons.
Miners Respect Women.
AZ woman who minds her own business
and conducts herself properly need have
no fear Of insult or injury among the
toughest Of men anywhere ln Alaska,
said Miss Walton yesterday. There arc
Just the two kind of women who land
up in that couutry-the good and the
bad. plain and strictly defined miner
doesn't allow for any degrees Of modesty
OF department. II a woman's good they
treat her the same as they would their
mother or their sister ] have seen pipes
/ put out VIXEN ] struck a Toadhousc on q
/ trail at which 100 or more men were stop
ping They may be rough in their ways
among themselves, but they respect q
/ woman.
How did I endure the rig0rs OF the
} I1londlke2 Just through Will power /
made up nay mind 7 was going UP in
/ that northern country ana pull out a
I fortune If a woman could do il. / Was
UP there six years and ] came hack
I with what I went after. And / was a
miIliner ln Tacoma before I started
/ Think of that FOR a jump. Want to hear
/ il from the firstr
Il hail from Bridgeton, y. j. ! learned
my trade as q milliner and / got the
( Western fever. 7 got an offer of a place
I in Tacoma at my trade. Z arrived there
: i'm 1890 7 worked there one year at fine
pay. I opened business for myself and
made a whole pot Of money. for the boom
was on. and money paid ont freely. !
went 20 Seattle in 1894 and opened busi-
J ness there. Prospcred. and in 1895, the
Alaska fever got me. ] had plenty Of
/ money. but the marvellous prospects
caught me as wei as others. 1 turned
/ my business over 20 widow and fixed
my money so that outside Of my kit I had
only so with me. I made up my mind
/ thar II ] lost. that's all / would lose.
Left ON the old steamer Portland. Az
/ ter landing first. went over trail % Daw-
SON There were six men and myself in
/ the party We were In the great Sheep
] Camp slide. where so many were killed.
/ Returned 20 Seattle I'm the spring. but
/ left for Alaska again AT once After we
4 landed we had a steam launch tow our
+ boats 200 miles up the Hunt River. We
/ camped out in she open until we cut down
/ timber and made houses
Later We procured a sloop 10 take us
I by water to more hopeful locality. we
were wrecked off Cape Douglas about
/ forty-fve miles distant from Nome. and
thrown on the shore without even a
match. For forty-oight hours We had
rowed and bailed boat. I came within an