Show A Girls Pluck and Luck A special from Spearfish South Dakota Da-kota says With pick and long handled shovel over her shoulder knapsack knap-sack on her hack and Colt swinging swingng from her belt Ida Wilson aged 18 setout set-out from Spearflsh early this spring to make her fortune prospecting for gold in the country directly north of the Black hills She was Ignorant of the very ABC of the art but she gambled on the chances and won A week ago she returned heavy laden with the e rcture eavy a en wih e precious metal and sole proprietor ota I ot-a claim on Red Water creek for which she refused an offer of 10000 Probably she was foolish to do this for the placer I appears to be nothing more than a I pocket from which it is doubtful i i I J 10000 will be taken Still as a financial venture the trip was emlnenty successful I success-ful Already nearly 4000 has been taken from the claim and at let as much more Is practically assured I The girl is the daughter of an immigrant Immi-grant who arrived In the west last fall and died this spring of pneumonia Ida was without money or means of j support and turned to prospecting in i desperation She tramped many miles l I In hn of the nen which she I has done so well and took out the gold I when hands she finally found i with her own I |