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March 3, 1922
The Labor Journal
Everett, Snohomish County, Washington
What is this article about?
Miss Rose Kelley, Northport teacher and mountain owner with mining claims, studies mining at Washington State College to prospect silver, copper, and lead, fulfilling her lifelong passion for rocks after hard teaching years.
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Young Woman at State College Studies Mining.
Miss Rose Kelley, teacher of the Northport school, is enrolled in the twelve weeks short course in mining and geology at Washington State College-the second woman to take that course.
She owns a mountain that has some 30 mining claims on it, pecked at in the old days before the timber was cut away or railroads through that district, and she believes there is a fortune in mineral there. She wants to know all she can about prospecting, ore values, and methods of getting at the deposits. So she is taking assaying, general metal mining, metallurgy, prospecting and developing, and similar courses.
She says she is having "the time of her life," for she has loved rocks ever since she used to be spanked for tearing her little apron pockets out with the weight of stones she picked up on the way home from school, back in Minnesota. Now she is going to make up for all that and for the hard years of teaching in country schools, by digging a fortune in silver, copper and lead out of her own mountain.
Miss Rose Kelley, teacher of the Northport school, is enrolled in the twelve weeks short course in mining and geology at Washington State College-the second woman to take that course.
She owns a mountain that has some 30 mining claims on it, pecked at in the old days before the timber was cut away or railroads through that district, and she believes there is a fortune in mineral there. She wants to know all she can about prospecting, ore values, and methods of getting at the deposits. So she is taking assaying, general metal mining, metallurgy, prospecting and developing, and similar courses.
She says she is having "the time of her life," for she has loved rocks ever since she used to be spanked for tearing her little apron pockets out with the weight of stones she picked up on the way home from school, back in Minnesota. Now she is going to make up for all that and for the hard years of teaching in country schools, by digging a fortune in silver, copper and lead out of her own mountain.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Exploration
What keywords are associated?
Mining Course
Woman Prospector
Mineral Claims
Rock Enthusiast
What entities or persons were involved?
Miss Rose Kelley
Where did it happen?
Washington State College
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Key Persons
Miss Rose Kelley
Location
Washington State College
Story Details
Miss Rose Kelley, a Northport school teacher owning a mountain with mining claims, enrolls in a short course on mining and geology to learn prospecting and extraction methods, aiming to unearth a fortune in minerals after years of teaching.