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Show RomanUc Story in Lifejf a Girl Puts Her Money in Mining Stocks, Then Becomes Promoter, Now a Millionaire. Special to Tho Tribune. CRIPPLE CREI2K, Colo,, March 2C-From 2C-From stenographer to a millionaire, Is tho romantic story of ten years of the life of Miss Molllo O'Bryan of Cripple Creek. Recent rich strikes ln mines In which she acquired Interests for a song, and a trcmondous boom In mining slocks, arc the chief causes of her accumulation accumula-tion of wealth. Ten ycaro ago she was studying stenography stenog-raphy In a little mining town. A friend here wrote asking her to como to Cripple Crip-ple Creek. Miss O'Bryan came and was toon employed by a prominent mining promoter. She saved her money and Invested In-vested it on tips from her employer and his friends. Her bank nccount swelled rapldlv, and she organized the Teutonic Mining company, com-pany, becoming Its president. Its claims adjoin the famous W. P. II, mine, where ore of .fabulous rlchnem has been discovered. dis-covered. Miss O'Bryan's Interest In the Teutonic alono Is worth a quarter of a million. Miss O'Bryan is also president of tho Gold Bon. I Consolidated company, with property on Gold hill, one of tho grout gold-producing hills of the camp. She Is president of the Amalgamated Gold Mining Mi-ning company, owning 120 acres- on Battle Bat-tle mountain, tho home of the Gold Coin, Ajax, Portland and Independence mines. She also hna valuable Interests In Nevada Ne-vada and California and Is cuslly a millionaire. |