Posted on 03/31/2018 11:26:15 PM PDT by beaversmom
That was good.
Thanks.
:)
I went to the Colorado School of Mines. There were quite a few gals there by the time I went. And many were very good looking. However, decades of use had ingrained the saying “Mines - where the women are scare and the sheep run scared.” (Or something like that.)
I went to the NM School of Mines (NM Tech). Two of the ‘hottest’ ladies I ever knew were studying Mining Engineering with me.
But.... They were the exception, not the rule.
One changed her major after a couple years. The other graduated and worked as a mining engineer for several years until underground mining pretty much went extinct in the US.
But this story should have been named ‘Miners Wives in Colorado’.
My great-grandmother ran a boarding house in a Colorado mining camp for several years, and her husband was a mining-equipment mechanic. They got homesick after a while and moved back to Missouri.
Here’s a woman who once was a gold miner in Australia;
https://www.maxim.com/women/lucy-lawless-xena-april-1999-photos-2016-03
I think I had read that somewhere before, but didn’t remember until you mentioned it..
Truth be told, one of ‘my’ lady miners would have put Lucy to shame in the looks department (and even a bit taller).
Threadmark for later
Horace Tabor to Baby Doe Tabor:
“Hold onto the Matchless mine, it will make millions.”
https://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Baby-Doe-Tabor/6000000010923495426
https://www.google.com/search?bih=354&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=baby+doe+tabor+cabin&oq=baby+doe+tabor+cabin
Nice find!
Two thumbs up!
Watch and enjoy!
Very nice on your family history.
Thank you.
My father’s ancestors were tough ladies. One was among the first woman doctors in Missouri.
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