The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-02
THE YANKEE GIRL MINE.

Prom the Philadelphia Times.
The episodes of pioneer days are tai so
cicty in Colorado what the tradition and
Knickeripockcr and Puritan times are Ia
the East. Rich in romance as well as M
gold and silver. the territory can point Ia
many passages in It's early history
~ more than two decades age that were
sufficiently thrilling To still live in mem
DRY. Not the least picturesque al these
rornaucrs il that which r~iatc~ To the dis
covcry of the famous "lanke Girl Mine
aud the loves of Andrew Mclhr,im and
pretty hut tickle Polly Bond.
John Robinson was =. prosp,ctor, one of
those useful pioneers who wandered, too
often in hunger and want. over the west
ern cliffs and barren. -Iiow-cappssl peaks,
laying the foundations for other mems
fortunes: hut tc was destined tai Ia one
of Fat..'s favorite>. Ii was i'm 81 that he
went tn Telluride and struck a job i'm the
Pandora mill. Robinson was "a 'nipTsr;'
that is, he was hired to carry the tools
from "A gang of men working on the grade
tn the blacksmith's To be sharpcncd. IL
was not an important ~position.but through
il he became acquainted with the black
smith, and that blacksmith was Andy
Medium. Al the grade. in turn. as hc
''packed" back the tools. he made many
other friends; among them GINS Dirtlicf
and Albert Lang. a couple of Germans
who. having had luck ON farms i'm Me-
b-aska. had come west to make their for
tune. Into their ready ears John Robin
son poured Turing tales of the wonderful
Red Mountain country just over the range,
where no trails had yet penetrated; wihers'
head ON n mountain side. bat where the
precious metals lay rich. tn liz. had for the
takinR.
Thc Germans grew wild; they begged
John to lead them To the Eldoritlo he de-
memss Of iapor. dcciarr.d tLcInseIves ready
to start at an hours notice. hut there
came the rub; they had no n,es.us, and
pector. he was always dead broke. So,
right here. he played his hig
asked Andy Meldrum To grif-stake the
party. When ~ man ''grulestakes" - party
he supplies them with food. ar grub. while
they are prospecting. and in return for
this h%nInanc.i IL me'c.nary. act Inc com,.
purchased the sids-mcat and Hour, and
Robinson and the two Germans climbed
marniiicsmt Red mountain Valley and that
fall located three claims. the Robinson
named for Johnny. the Gnston. for Gus
heart. When the October SHOWS began
To wiirl they all left the country. as there
was nothing To do. They could not work
the mines with the poor equipments they
possessed during the cold weather and the
tremendous snow-falls. They went south
usually, many going aS Tar az Mexico.
Andy aud Robinson went tn Pueblo. where
obtained employment and worked all
carefully boarding their wages for
the prosecution of their claims.
When spring had progressed sufficiently
tn make the mountain trails passibie.
they returned. and 80 found them cstab-
lislIcd in "A little log cabin among the tall,
mast like trunks of the spruce and balsam
Trees. working out the assessment on their
out one morning. being short of
meat. The game was unacs'ountabiy shy.
the sides of gulciics, down prscipitnus
cliffs. along the beds of the mountain tor
the hungry company travelled, at
getting mp tn "a small buck. Robinson
,..l 1-.a .as-.-.1 sals. lla- ..sl 4. r
shot that brought the creature down. He
.eiIt after the carcass and returned tai
hnd K"h,ns"n rsci,T,n'g ON ,i. ground
had proved too much for him. Dictlicf
waited some little time for his comrades
hut bc grew worse instead of
.You'd better go on. Gus." Robinson
a, length. II can stay here ali night
md the other boys want the meat"
so Dietlicf proceeded with his vcnisou
the cabin, leaving poor Robinson
a battle alone as best he could. u would
Iot have been the first time he had lain
With but the chill mountain air for u COW
ring through all the long. dreary, lonely
,sna and n snrrs ar "' ny. 1 ha".i .i,, I nn , hrIp,
mt listlessly fell on a small fragment os
'ock. He lifted il mechanically with the
I was unusually heavy. He broke il on
he rocky bed on which he lay aud then
prang in excitement To his feet. his i'll
less entirely forgotten. for that bit of rock
vas a piece of solid galcna, rich with sill
Ger. He examined the spot where IL lay
found IL to he "a great mass. 10 feet
like the small piece he had broken.
God bless my Yankee girl exclaimed
SLOW she will hs. pleased
When size hears that ! have succeeded at
Aud SO the mine was christcned.
Robinson dragged himself tai the cabin.
,ut scarcely to sleep. The next morning
,e came back and staked ont the claim.
When the mine was started il was cut,
ioor. breast and sides, out of solid Calcna.
& was u paying mime from the grass roots.
The news flew. No one conld tell how
{ went. but IL caused at once. the greatest
.xciteniea ever known in Western Coloru-
10. Men came from East "a al West, from
North and South. even from Mexico. The
lenls of two or three Thousand prospn ctors
we're pitclle-d in the Red Mountain Valley.
George Crawford. an agent TO- u Plus
burg concern, paid the four lucky owners
IF the new find u five thousand dot
lar bonus and starred East with
, hundred-pound lump of the
The price placed ON the property by the
x125,C3O. and the wonderful
Yankee Girl. mine became the property.
virtually, Of the STANDARD oil
each OF the four fortunate prospec-
Tors ~pocketed his $31.2JO and went hack
east. Deitlief started for Germany to see
his parents. On the ship going over he
made the acquaintance Of "a pretty sraI-
When the fatherland was reached
lhe twain were made one, aud Gus soon