The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-07
IN TIE GOLD POCKET
News From the Mining Districts West
of Anaconda.
PROSPECTS OF THE FUTURE
Mr.. Loomls. From Up the Gulch,
Speaks iiighly OF the Claims
in His hoOd-He's
Much Encouraged.

The Red Lion and Flint creek mining
districts have held the close attention OF
a group of persistent prospcctors for 20
years or more. Up TO this time. perhaps,
the celebrated Gable mine. which yielded
s. 100000 or more. is the most famous
property of that region, but there are
other properties which, though undeVoi-
opcd. give a vast amount OF confidence TO
the owners, who believe they have mines
which will some day fulfill their widest
hopes and desires They deserve success
for their faithful labor and steadfast en-
durance. which has held out through
years of disbursement.
During the past season for many of
them the future has presented a more
hopeful aspect. Outside capital Is coming
In and il is now almost assured that
some of the prospects will be given an
opportunity to prove themselves mines
when the development work is completed.
l.. L. Loomis is one of those whose
faith in the district is the strongest. He
is a mining man of experience and does
not hesitate to say that this region is
greater than Cripple Creek. Montana
people," he says, do not push their
mines as they do in Colorado. If they did
there would be an immense mining camp
up there in the hills about 20 miles from
Anaconda There have been five strikes
made I'm that country during the summer,
all of them good mines now, and yet
scarcely anything has been heard of
them. Sam Snyder has made a find of a
prospect that is mint If all the sensa-
tional stories told Of IL are true. Sam
went out in the hills broke and came
back with 5000 in gold dust in 10 days
and he has something that is sure. The
Hannah. owned by Gray & Mallory, is
another where there is a big body of free
milling ore spattered gold. Rock that
is fully as rich has been found in the
Gold Coin, the Farstake and the Margu-
rite. Tom HeffrOn and his partner have
a valuable claim that they began to pick
gold dollars out Of during the summer.
Cincinnati people have taken an inter-
est in the Gold Coin company and we
expect TO erect "A 20-stamp mill on it as
soon as spring opens. on the Gold Coin
claims there is a 16-foot vein of ore which
pays 81 per ton and there is a 3-foot
streak through it that will pay S25 per
ton.
THE Marguerite is owned principally in
Butte and her owners are sanguine of the
future. They have some very rich rock
and though they have expended consider
able money, expect to spend more this
summer in further development. The
Fairstake is developed by l3I-foot tun-
mel. Il ll0-foot shaft and a 25-foot shaft.
which arc sunk in ore bodies that will
pay well for milling.
In the Red Lion district James and
Denis Roach have an excellent property
in the Little Josie and the keystone A
body of ore in them from six To 10 feet
wide assays from 80 to 81 per ton"
AIR. Lcomis left yesterday morning for
| the hills, accompanied by Steven b.
| Howard and O. q. Kennedy of Minneapo-
| lis, who VIII look over the situation and
| may invest in a proposition which has
| been laid before them. Mr. Loomis says
| there will he a big rush for these dis
| tricts in the spring and II true this will
| be a very important factor in Anaconda
| business, this being the best and cheap
| est place for miners to buy their sup
| plies and outfits, as we'll as being the
most accessible on account of the excel.
| lent roads leading from this city.