Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-04-22 | Page 5 | Woman Sells Mine, Digs through Snow

I I I I WOMAN OMAN SELLS MINE I DIGS THROUGH SNOW SNOB I Has Thrilling Experience in Reaching J Property to Show to Purchaser Winnemucca Nev Ne April 21 s 's Mrs John Vance a woman prospector of this county had hall to dig through several sc deep deel led ShOW banks a a. few dt days ago in order to o r reach ach her mine mimie and show it to a n couple of mining men from flom Boise Ilose olse Mrs r rance Vance ance worked hard In the thc frozen snow and after se e several ral hours' hours digging git g suc- suc In hi finding the tunnel leading to o her hel mine maine and also succeeded in hondIn hond- hond In Ing ng her claims the Golden ra Eagle l and to the thc mining m men n for tor i In speaking of her venture on her return from flom the mines s Mrs Vance sa said Iii I 1 have hn had mome thrilling experiences In my 01 life Ufe but hut none to equal that of last week weel when a J. J party part of u us m made d u it trip 1 through h Co Covillo station tallon to the site o of m my claims on the western rl lope of oC Disaster peak peC Since snow sno- forced the tho miners minors I had hall working on the claims out of or one has been heel there and the trail as os It r reached lh tho mountain was waR a Cl va vast t n lc in some places liaCe s piled hl high h with snow OW I Tho The minine men from rout Bolso were anxious to Inspect Insect the property so soe wo WI e set et out nut We e were e forced to dig through h the snow bank g ii in man many places 1 on 00 the trail and We tc 0 linked ourselves to together with rones when lien taking nalI nar- nar row low passes We 0 two days In making the tho trip and although h th the r i prospective purchasers have hn put up a handsome sum slim to hold the tho option If I If wore were to tn do ov 1 0 over r again J. J I would refuse to lo attempt the trip