Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 37 | Woman Mine Operator Makes Colorado Hit

WOMAN MINE OPERATOR MAKES COLORO COLORADO HIT Makes Success One Venture and Now Nov Is Tackling Poverty Flat From Col Col comes the story of the th successful operations of oC a woman woman wom worn an mine operator as ns follows Why should I quit and md pull pul up stakes Just Juston on tho eve c of making a mine saId Mrs Irs Florence Naylor Doty She was seated In her office at tho the head of ot East l Eleventh lc street with wih a blueprint map of the tho Poverty Flat section In front of her and a sectional view of ot tho the Sceley shaft hat close cose b by for consultation consul consul- tation and was examining th the plans in vi view t for Cor the tho resumption of ot work on 01 this shaft shat which Is 11 located on the S S. Small Smal claim In th the tho heart of oC Leadville's Lend les richest manganese e district Mrs Doty had hac gone carefully into the details of ot the mining mininG enterprise ard and the reasons which led her to continue on a n new basis Sho She had already dy made a success of ot at least one venture in the tho district and no now in spite of oC certain initial dIfficulties difficulties clr- clr dif dIf- due to unforeseen circumstances circum cIrcum- stances sh she purposed to continue and th thero ro was a look of earnest determination tion lon on her face race as she closed closel the Interview Interview Interview Inter Inter- view with wih the statement which opens this article artcle I Mining history has hns been making er very rapidly ly lately In the section of th the district district dis dis- north of The Northern the Jason the Fairview and other properties properties prop prop- ertes have resumed operations and have been uniformly successful Th The manganese chutes of ot the and ond Jason are particularly strong trong and c con continuous rn- rn so 80 that when Mrs Mm Mr Dot Doty who had sold to to Ja Jason on decided to continue Ims operations hero she was in a position to Judge very accurately as to th the value of at adjoining properties The one in particular which gave o wh what might be considered ab absolute assurance of BUCcos success succors suc suc- cess cors was the tho S Small claim Just cast east of ot tho the Jason an and which had been lying Iring Idle for Cor a number of years ar Last wInter winter win wIn- ter she secured a lease leae on the property and by March 1 was prepared to begin Legin operations there with complete wih A f very ery new surface plant including IncludIng SO-horse- SO power boiler bollor bolor large hoist and all al the tho necessary equipment for active mining minInG The Sceley shaft shat Is in the clear well wel timbered find and no difficulty was anticipated In getting down to tho the manganese zone Some Somo fourteen years cars before Albert Hahnewald and d a company com corn pany o of leasers had done dono er very successful successful success success- ful UI mining there but at that time there was no market for tor manganese and no attempt was made to mine anything but silver Iron and carbonate When the tho Doty lease had hul completed Its Is surface plant and was preparing to i iclean clean the shaft t sh of ot accumulated Ice a In cave-In occurred In the tho shaft shaft that forced a n cessation of oC operations and I It then became a question queston whether to continue or to proceed along alonS other lines lines The proposition from a n mining point of ot view appealed to Mrs Doty and Mrs Irs I Ella In Cook Cool who is associated with her in tho the enterprise as entirely too good to go b by tho the board With tort forty feet teet of hl high h grade manganese dipping from the tho Jason right Into tho the S. S s Small Smal to abandon the tho seemed project Hk like throwing throwinG away aw tho the opportunity of a n. lifetime and antI that is why the S. S S Small Smal Manganese com company pan has hns been leen formed and wh why the enterprise Is going ahead If I for tor any reason it should be le found foun Impracticable to get et through the tho cave cae In the Iho Seeley shaft there Is another one ono on the tho S. S Small close to the railroad railroad rail rail- rai- rai road track that can cnn bo be le utilized The Theore oro ore zone is less than th feet teet from the i surface and the Seeley plant will wll te be moved there Wo Yo have havo decided to Incorporate said Mrs Dot Duty Doty and to raise a part of the funds needed to carry the tho enterprise enter enter- price prise to completion Our plan Is 18 practically practically co operative co In character characterS and we are arc trying to Interest local people In enterprise what wh Is Is I. I strict strictly speaking ng a home Mrs Doty is a woman of oC considerable considerable consider consider- able mining experience and d has entered entered entered en en- into Lea mining with Ith en energy energy en- en ergy erSy an and the kind of enthusiasm that get results She Sho has devoted much attention to the conditions In PO C Flat with relation to the wih manganese deposits there and after pointing out the certainty of the chute entering tho S. S Small Smal ground remarked wIth an nn air all of or cont confidence We e are absolutely certain certain make good tam tain to