The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-31
WOMAN MINER
CoNoUORS ALASKA

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sions as 10 gold country. One
Irish woman had brought all her chill
dgen, all little lots many in NUM-
ber, because. rs she told me, Sure,
an they could piok the gold off the
ground the same as me-. Ii is no
wonder that people starved 10 death
and persisted in all sorts of misera-
BILE ways when such an idea could
persist up TO the very doors of the
country. What struck me most OF
all were the people who had been
| grub staked' and given money TO inr
vest in mining properties by their
friends and VINO had no more under
standing OF mining or prospecting
than child Those were the per-
sons who wenf out on the trail and
We're never heard of again or who re-
turned 10 the states, giving Nome a
black eye and saying it was all a
t1ansporta boom. Few people
We're really so Ignorant as the Irish
woman with the children, but the de-
gfees and varieties OF incompetence
We're appalling. Many OF the STAN
peders returned TO Gods country
within few weeks after their ar
rival minus their capital and their
tempers, but with some valuable ex-
perience. With the more seasoned
prospectors stayed OH and succeed
ed in securing some gold placer p op-
critics as well asathe nucleus OF some
others.
How did IL happen that You learn
ed the details OF mining in the first
place? You were surely mot strong
enough TO do work with the pick and
shovel?'
Practical Engineer and Assayer.
mo, have never done much OF
that, though | can do far more than
you would think Even men, though,
do not do that sort of thing long un-
less they are laho ers | gradually
acquired knowledge OF machinery,
learned TO run IL and then took up
siiy TO prospeclor crush my own
Gre, examine my own quartz and
superntend my men myself. was
the one who introduced the use OF
core drills in the Seward peninsula.
Or course | didn't understand that,
so she brought out photog apis to
how how tho machine is so named
because II brings the quartz up as a
core which can be sampled and
aSsayed ahead Of actual development.
Il have always been amused she
said, laughing, by men in the places
where go to buy my machinery ]
viii moi take piece which | have
not tested myself, and they always
come and stand around and laugh and
.aci as though circus had come to
town II really takes firm guile
awhile 10 get used TO me-
Miss Arrowsmith has won success
as miner and in The widely sepa
rated mining fields Of the countries
of the world. She is thoroughly
practical and knows the details Of
mina machinery 70 The last belt. She
is also scientific goologist of acu-
men and probably knows more about
mineral deposits than any o.her liv-
ing woman Despite her extraordi-
nary achievements in these special
fields she has found time to keep In
intimate touch with world affairs and
10 maintain active Intelligent inter
est in many things This extraordi-
nary woman Is especially concerned
with the broad aspects Of Alaska's
development and believes that the
railroad building G a. with the es alb
lishment OF permanent industries now
going on, will open ihe eyes of the
world
The most surprising thing about
Alaska 10 the outsider" she said, rs
that II Is so rapidly becoming land
OF homes. This means that before
long we shah have a race of native
white Aaskans. The adopted Alas, |
kan Of today Is a splendid type, and |
another generation bred under the |
vigorous and wholesome conditions OF |
that northern land should give MS
nfen and women that will make thei' I!
mark in the world Couple such 4 |
race viii the extraordinary oppor- /
and beauties of rs home land
and you no longer wonder why we
Alaskans are about The most truly /
patriotic people under the American
flag.