Show DRA euyel VED DEATH vaulry N nevada e vada woman penetrated rast fastness nessi for wealth was accompanied by only half breed tho thal weird funeral mountain ot of death valley nevada aro are to yield rich offer aings inBa of copper and gold ores as a result of tile the successful prospecting ot of miss aliss milan lillian malcolm who it is 13 stated discovered these deposits on a ridge that towers ahrea thousand feet in the air in malting making this find sho she was accompanied compa comp nied only by an indian halfbreed once lillian malcolm according to her story crossed tho the la in al 41 MISS LILLIAN MALCOLM aska alone in her search for gold the railroad had not been built that has sinco since minimized tho the difficult difficulties 1 e 3 of at alaskan travel in the chilcoot regi region on miss Af malcolm alcolm declares that tho the tour of tho thel funeral Mounta mountains his however was moro more hazardous than her lonely journey through the chilcoot years ago no white person has ever visited tho the spot where I 1 viewed the great copper deposit until I 1 made my way there sho she said in ia a recent interview 1 I havo have never before seen such ruggedness nessin in mountains as the funeral range presents to climb up almost perpendicular cular grades means to slide down dow n others before tho the objective point can bo be reached I 1 havo have br been an a prospector for ten years and have passed much of my time in the mountains ot of alaska colorado and other places where thero Is got gold the funeral ranga la is t the he worst of any I 1 made up my mind that I 1 would search for gold and copper in 1 n tho the foothills of the funeral mountains mountain 3 I 1 was compelled to cross tho range LU to get where I 1 wished to go an and although I 1 had no fear there were min utes when in cli chiming ming I 1 did not da daro to look back but only kept iccil right on theto thero were many places cheto abero a mis misstep stel meant suro sure death all there was to do was to go bead once started there tharo was no way to stop without confessing defeat finally I 1 found what I 1 was wag looking for at first I 1 could hardly believe my eyes I 1 had reach reached ad a point about twenty five miles from the tile line of tho the dark clark road and sixteen miles from the line of tho the dora borax smith road when the ledge loomed up immensely men sely then I 1 was waa happy I 1 havo have studied mineralogy rainer miner geology and other lines leading to mining and I 1 have lone done assessment work with my own hands la in deep shafts in short my experience has been such that I 1 believe that I 1 am competent to know whether my mineral discoveries are valuable tho the ledge stands up tip clearly from atif fifty t y to seventy five feet with both gold and copper in it but moro more copper than gold millions maybe there in easy reach a quantity that I 1 believe Is almost beyond ordinary computation if I 1 am not mistaken tho the discovery la Is valuable not only for its richness but also because it opens up knowledge of an entirely now new copper bolt jn in the death valley Is added to miss malcolms Mal coms trip by tho the fact that tile tho indian halfbreed halt breed that she took into the desert where so many strong men have died la Is bill kee who Is scottye Scotty Scott ya all friend this indian Is a good gulde guide tho the rit n st stop that lillian male malcolm lm contemplates Is that of informing the railroad builders now constructing lines into tho the mineralized regions of nevada of tho the topographical features of the country to bo be crossed in order to bring her bar copper and gold discoveries co reasonably within transportation facilities and tho the place that formerly required weeks for her to reach will soon boon bo be made accessible when the present railroading surveys aro are carried out in rails thero Is plenty of timber la in tho the panamint mountains that can bo be utilized for mining purposes and tho toot of tho the steam whistle may yet be heard board jn in th tho 0 fearful fastnesses fast nesses of desolation that havo have so long appalled stouthearted stout hearted man only to bo be conquered finally by a woman in search of f pre precious clous metals |