The Legend of Caroline Maben Flower: Lady Prospector of the Porcupine

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"Caroline Maben Flower, a wealthy New York socialite, most certainly read the news. She came to Cobalt on doctor's orders to rest in the countryside. He suggested a fashionable resort in the Adirondacks. Why would she come to a dirty, noisy, frontier town instead? To start over. Caroline conquered any barriers she encountered, whether it was poverty, chauvinism, or towering mountains ... When she arrived in Cobalt, Caroline noted how the men made their fortunes at mining. She reckoned, if they could do it, so could she! Never one to let roadblocks stop her, she shouldered a pickaxe and set out to build a mine. Caroline promoted herself and built a brand. In Cobalt, and later in the goldfields of the Porcupine, she traded on one notable asset: the fact that she was the only woman in the mining game."--Back cover