The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-26
AFFAIRS IN SHERIDAN
Henry Pankey Picks Up Several
Mining Claims.
SUNBEAM SHOWS UP WELL
The Gold Coin Group Considered {
Most Promising Prospect = I'm
mense Body of Ore Has
Been Exposed.

Special Correspondence of the Standard
Sheridan, Feb. 23.-Paul Simon a
few days ago completed a deal where
by he transferred to Henry Pankey all
| his interests in the Sunbeam, Deacon
Jones and some other mining claims sit
uated near the head of Indian creek,
| and upon which Mr.. Pankey has had
bond for the past two months. Consid-
GRAFTON $1,000. OF the claims just
changed hands, the Sunbeam has been
the most developed, and it has proved
to be producer of almost wonderful
capacities. During last year it was I'M
der lease to Messrs. Frank Johnson and
| Walter Mesch. These two men worked
for nearly a year on the property alone.
| During that time they took out about
100 tons of ore that was milled in an
i old-fashioned mill situated near 'the
mine. This netted them about an ounce
of gold to the ton. About so tons of
the highest grade of ore was shipped to
the Colorado smelter, Butte, and the
smelter returns from this lot of ore was
$21 800, making a pretty good showing
for the work of two men for one year.
The property is now owned by Messrs.
Henry Filing, William O'Brien and
| Henry Pankey. Since he took the bond
on Simons interest Mr.. Pankey has
had "a force of men at work developing
and prospecting the property, and while
it is known that no such rich body of
ore as the one encountered by Mesch
| and Johnson has been found, it is re-
ported that plenty Of free milling ore
of a low grade has been encountered,
and the prospects of mill being erect
ed near the mine to treat the ore at
| home is one of the possibilities of the
early spring.
Sam Williams, who, with Robert
| Baumgarth and August Engstrum,
own group of mines situated on uppe.
| Indian creek, known as the Gold Coin
! group, was in town Sunday and reports
| that their property is looking most eX-
| cellent. This is considered one of the
| most promising prospects for free
milling proposition in the county. The
vein is large one and the three open
| ings, made on the vein, in the shape of
tunnels in the side of the mountain a
few hundred feet apart, in which the
vein shows strong and permanent in
each, show that it is continuous and
that it "goes down." The ore is not of
a very high grade, but the immense
body of it now exposed stamps it as one
of the best prospects in the district. A
structed to convey the ore from tunnel
No. 8, where at present the develop
ment is being done, to where it can be
reached easily by wagons. About so
tons of ore were hauled to the Smith
mill short time ago and as fast as the
ore bins fill up at the end of the tram
the ore will be hauled to the mill. Last
year the gentlemen lost the fruits of
their winters work by a snowslide
which swept away their dump and
cabin This year, as the mouth of the
tunnel is in the track of the slide, they
are taking the precaution to move their
ore to place of safety as fast as it is
extracted.
J. j. Rosenberger, one of the Noble
vile employees, was down from that
camp Sunday and paid the county seat
a visit the following day, returning
home Tuesday.
| B. f. Penn, who, with O. S. Brooks,
is working on the Standard mine, a gold
property, situated on Wisconsin creek,
opposite the Letter mine, has been in
town during the week. Messrs. Penn
and Brooks have out about u tons of
ore ready for shipment and on Tuesday
of this week the Foster brothers teams
started up to the mine after the ore,
but they found the roads were so badly
drifted that they could not get through
to the mine and they were compelled to
return to Sheridan without the ore.
Messrs. Gibbons. Moore and Reed
who are leasing on the Filing & Nc
Kay ground at Nobleville, have laid al
of their extra men off, retaining only d
pumpman. The three men will continue
to operate the lease until spring.
C. l.. Miller, who put in the new
front and fixtures in the new store
erected by Henry Filing & Co. las
summer, came over to Sheridan last
Saturday. made a brief visit to Vir-
ginia the following day and returned tc
Butte by way of Whitehall Monday.
Frank Carey, one of the clerks in Ell
lings store, drove over to Adobetowr
Sunday for a brief visit with his par.
entS.
L. A. Thompson. manager of the
Twin Bridges Lumber company, was
in town Sunday for short visit, being
accompanied by c. M. Mclean.
Sam Prichptte, one of the successful
leasers of the Nobleville district was
visitor to Twin Bridges Tuesday
John Hall was up from Twin Bridges
for a few hours Monday on a visit tc
his family.
Rev. r. p Smith. minister of the NJ
f. church at this point, spent all of las,
week with his brother, Edward Smith
; who has charge of the parish at Lima
Mont.
DR.. E. T. Fletcher, state organizer OF
the Order of Pendo, left for Boulder
Thursday on a business visit.
Frank Wilcomb, one of the prosper.
Gus merchants of Laurin, was in towr
Wednesday to inspect the samples OF
Carson, Pierre, Scott & Co.'S represen.
tative and purchase his spring stock.
Mrs. T. J. Farrell of Virginia City
was in town for a few hours Sunday tc
visit her son. Frank Conway, editor OF
the Paper. She was on her way to Dill
Ion ITO spend week or 10 days with he,
daughter, Miss Bessie, who is a student
of the state normal at Dillon.
Fidel Huber. accompanied by his sis.
ter, Miss Bertha, was in town Sunday
on their way home to Dillon, having
been visitors to Virginia City for few
days.
William J. Ennis and County Attor.
ney Duncan We're in town Monday ant
Tuesday Interviewing the jurors of the
Peel murder trial in search of data tc
Use during the arguing of the fortheom
ing motion which is to be made for &
new trial during the March term of the