Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-02-10
FROM IRKoUrsK.
Extracts from the Log Of the Jean.
nette-fhe Posltion OF Do Long
and Party.

NEW York. February "a Herald
Paris special says: The following dis
patch from Lieutenant Dansnhower, da.
ted Irkoutsk, February 4. has Just been
received here: "Ds Longs party Ia be-
tween the stations Of Buleur and Bolo-
moi and Sistsrouek. Ustolsousk. In q mar
row wilderness eighty miles long. devoid
Of habitation and game. Jerome J.. COL
Inns volunteered to stand by the dying
seaman. Hans Erickson. and let the 9th.
ers Of De Longs party push south.
"The new search party builds huts
and goes over every inch Of the region,
which IL plowsd BY heavy drift Toe every
spring.
"while on the Jeanette We visited
Nordenskjold's winter quarters, and
found that hs was safe before We entered
the ice near Herald Island. The general
health Of the crew during the t~wsnty.ons
months Of drifting was excellent. No
scurvy appeared. We used distillsd
water and bear and salt meat twice q
week. No rum was served out. Divine
service was regularly held. We took
plenty OF exercise. a. everybody hunted.
Game was scarce. We got about thirty
bears. $50 seals and six wslrus. No fish
or whales were seen. All possible sbser-
vations were made during the drift, the
result showing . northwest course. The
ship was keeled over and heavily pressed
by the Ice most OF the time. The men.
tai strain was heavy on moro than o
OF the ships company. The result Of the
drift for the first Ave months was forty
miles. There was q cyclical movement
OF the Ice. The drift lasted six months
and was very rapid. Soundings were
pretty even. There were eighteen faith.
oms near Wrsngel Land. which was OF.
ten visible ssventy.fve miles distant.
The greatest depth found was eighty
fathoms. and the average thirty.lvs.
The bottom Twas blue mud. Shrimps
and plenty Of theological specimens were
brought up from the bottom. The sur
face Of the water had q temperature Of
twenty degrees above zero. The ex-
trsmes Of the temperature OF the air
were: Greatest cold. So degrees below
zero, and the greatest heat A degrees
above zero. The first winter the mean
temperature was SO below zero. and tho
second winter 80 degrees below zero.
| The first summer the mean temperature
was 40 degrees above zero. Tho heayi.
est gale showed o velocity Of about IL
miles an hour. Such gales are not FIRE.
quent. The barometrio and thermoms-
trio fluctuations were not great. There
was disturbance OF the needle coinci-
dent with tho auroras. The winters
growth OF leo was 8 feet. The heaviest
ice seen was % feet. Tho engineer states
the heavy trusses saved the ship on No
vsmber q from being crushed. The
telephone wires were broken by the
movement OF the ice. The photograph
collection was lost with the ship. Lieu
tenant Chips 5000 auroral observations
were also lost. The nsturalist's notes
.were saved. Jeanette Island was dis.
covered on May 6, In latitude 40 degrees
AZ minutes north; longitude, l58 degrees
sc minutes east. It was small and
rocky, and va did not visit II. Henri.
eta Island was discovered aud visited
May "a. 10 latitude n degrees 8 minutes
north; Longitude l57 degrees 80 minutes
east. II IL an extensive island. Ami.
mails are scare and glaciers plenty. Ben.
nett Island lies In latitude &c degrees 80
| minutes north; longitude l48 degrees 20
minutes east. It is very large. On 1t
We found many birds. old horns, drift
wood and coal, but no seal or wslrus.
Great tidal action was observed. The
coast is bald and rocky. The cape on
the south coast was named Cspe Emma.
We driitsd back during the hrst week OF
retreat 81 miles. The NEW was knee
deep. We had to 60 thirteen times over
the track and seven times with loads.
Lieutenant Chips boat did better than
ours (Melvi!le's). On the afternoon OF
| September l2 the three boats got clear
OF the ice in Seminovsk Island at noon
OF that day. About dusk Of that day
Chip was 1000 yards of d weather
quarter and lowered sail as II rounding
to, and We lay to for twenty.four hours
under q triangular drag. Nothing was
seen OF Lieutenant Chips boat at day
light. He could not get back to the
island in o northwest gale, and he was
unable to carry his share OF food. / OBJ
served Q strong, sasterly current near
the Lena delta. There were masses OF
drift wood between the Siberian islands.
'Jack Coles mind is not hopelessly
alienated. He has been violent for
twelve days, but 10 happy and harmless.