Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1891 — Women Prospectors Strike Pay Dirt. [ARTICLE]

Women Prospectors Strike Pay Dirt.

Salt Lake Times. When W. H. Wallace was out tc Dugway, two ladies, Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Stebbins, took it into their heads that they knew considerable about prospecting, and that they would go out and find-3 mine. Each of them shouldered a pick, formed an impromptu partnership, and began to climb the side of the mountain, keeping their eyes open all the time for indications and the piece of clus ive float. When nearly to the highest pinnacle above Buckhorn City, the Deep Creek metropolis, they decided that they had gone far enough, wrote a location notice, and began to. sfork. an- assessment. As_ the legitimate reward of their energy they struck pay ore. When Mr. Wallace left they had gotten several assays which would run 66 ounces. Those two ladies are the proudest people in Dugway, and arfe imbued with the utmost contempt for th< prospector who can't strike a mint at any time he wants to. A laborer living in New York, while in the throes of delirium tre mens W'ednesday, jumped from a fifth story window. He struck and bounded from three successive tier? of clothes line and when he struck the ground he was dazed, but not hurt. A patriotic spirit suddenly invaded several tramps in the New Castle (Del.) jail Memorial Day, and throw ing down their tools they declared their intention of observing the daby resting. They had their way but they aid the resting in the darl ceil r