Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-05-01
PRESCOTT WOMAN ATTRACTS WIDE
 ATTENTION
Mrs. Leona Breed Is Successful Mining
 Promoter
(From Saturdays paIy)

Another big miuiug deal, promoted tnl brought to e .urrrssful conclusion by % furmcr Prescott woman, Mrs. Io.ra N Breed. who enjoys tho dis. tiu.filn of being one of the very few succ .,iul women promoters, and pos EhIr th' only successful woman min ing promot'r iu ths country. has at trtctrd ourc more Che attention of the country Co ihi. really remarkable wo. man.
 Mir. lIrecd left Marincttc. wi.., some day, ago for thc Gplddcld and Touopah. New. mining districts. where she is now engaged m promoting a mining dcal involving several millions of dollars.
 shortly after leaving here for Mich igan and Wisconsin, some time ago. Mrs Breed sprang into prominence through tho dcnl whereby she inter cstrd '. W Boi,rlu, one of Michigan x best known grologists. tn a mining propo.i,ion, which she disposed of Co Eo.l,Hu ard hi. ossocIatc. for some. thing over tlj.0OO
 Since then she has been husily cn gagged in mining promotion. until to. 'lNH fi'f.NNhA V hWllNU llWNNflff NlNifN a' tho head of hor class.
 Spr1king of her achievements. The Detroit Times. of last October. says:
 '1his woman possesscs rare business ability. Coming to Detroit from Ari. luu1 % total stranger, lo-s than three months ago. Mrs Breed took careful urv.y of tbc situation ,nd then sct ont to interest men of means in hor prop. o-i'iou lt wts rather up hil work at first hut Mr. Breed spoke with such sincerity that hrr auditors drcilcd to inv, tigatr They sent | w Boilo1u. orc 0f Mich.g'r'- best known gcolo. piHs. to mako uu examination of fine mining property and his report was w".' favorable Negotiations were soon undrr way. and today deal wns closed. involving more than t3j,nno. whereby larg, mining interests in Ari. z0na pass into tho hands of Detroit parties.
 ' Mrs. Breed says much eastern and California capital ,A being invested in tho west. New men arrive daily and wc hear Of hg strike of pay dirt Actc anI there all over the country. even by teudcrfcct. Many who strike ii rich cowc m quietly. say nothing, sell a load or two of ore to the sam bling works. rcplcnish their stores and go back to work, and wc hcar little about it until some day we hear that such and such mine has been sold for tlOO0O or more. and another soul made happy.
 Mrs. Breed says that when you arc H the right property and wi;h the right management, investment in min. ing stocks E safe and the chances of making money are greater than in banks.
 Mrs. LconR M Breed K ' sister of the well known and prosperous busi ness men of our city. Elmer and El. ward Grimmor Her brother Elmer is also n member of the State Board of Control, succeeding Gustav Kcustcr mann, who was elected Congressman from the Ninth disirict.'
 Mrs. Breed is ncicc of x. l.. Grif. fin, the Lynx Creek pioneer. She came to this city in 1897, with her hus- hand, F.. r.. Brocd. and resided here until about throc years ago. when she left for the east. after securing n di. vorce from her husband. However, she retained hcv interests in the BrceI group of mines, until she disposed of tho same to !. W. Boilcau in Detroit some mOnths sgo.